AI literacy is directly and positively associated with continued ChatGPT use among existing users¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 AI literacy is positively associated with continued ChatGPT use directly (β = 0.16), beyond its indirect paths. → Peichen Hu 2026

Evidence¶

Peichen Hu 2026¶

Peichen Hu. (2026). Psychological predictors of continued ChatGPT use among university students: the roles of AI literacy, trust, and academic self-efficacy. Front. Psychol. 17:1900190. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1900190

q3 · i1 · associational · r2

Full latent-variable structural equation model of survey data from 450 Chinese university students with prior ChatGPT experience, with gender, year, discipline and months of prior use as controls. The direct literacy-to-use path was "β = 0.16, p = 0.002".

"AI literacy was associated with continued use directly (β = 0.16, p = 0.002), supporting H1."

Discussion¶

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• The serial indirect effect of AI literacy on continued use is weaker at higher levels of AI anxiety (moderated mediation) — related
• Trust in AI and academic self-efficacy serially mediate the literacy-to-continued-use association (literacy → trust → self-efficacy → use) — related
• Structural paths are stable when continued-use intention and current use are modeled as separate outcomes, and AI anxiety is not directly related to continued use — related
• AI anxiety attenuates the positive association between AI literacy and trust in AI — related