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Self-efficacy strongly predicted both motivation and enjoyment, but motivation was the dominant mediating pathway to perceived usefulness (\u03b2 = 0.295, p &lt; 0.001), with enjoyment a weaker affective route (\u03b2 = 0.086, p &lt; 0.05), alongside a significant serial pathway from self-efficacy through motivation to enjoyment (\u03b2 = 0.113, p &lt; 0.001). The model explained 54.4% of the variance in behavioral intention. 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