AI employment threat perception negatively predicts perceived employability among Chinese college students¶
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q2 i? Students who perceived stronger AI employment threat reported lower perceived employability after controls. → Chen H 2026
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Chen H 2026¶
Chen H (2026) When AI threatens my future career: growth mindset and perceived employability in Chinese college students' career decision making anxiety. Front. Psychol. 17:1933842. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1933842
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Hierarchical regression in the same 526-student survey, controlling for gender, age, grade, major category, AI tool use frequency, and career planning course experience, found "AI employment threat perception also significantly and negatively predicted perceived employability" (b = −0.137, p = 0.002), supporting H2.
"AI employment threat perception also significantly and negatively predicted perceived employability,b =− 0.137, SE = 0.043, t=−3.169, p=0.002."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- Growth mindset moderates the negative effect of AI employment threat perception on perceived employability, weakening it at higher mindset levels — related
- Perceived employability negatively predicts career decision-making anxiety among Chinese college students — related
- Perceived employability partially mediates the relationship between AI employment threat perception and career decision-making anxiety — related
- Growth mindset weakens the indirect effect of AI employment threat perception on career decision-making anxiety through perceived employability — related
- Perceived AI threat is negatively associated with university students' trust in AI and their dependence on GenAI — related
- AI anxiety directly and negatively predicts college students' career decisions — related
- Profiles also differ in self-perceived employability, and elevated AI-related threat is not necessarily incompatible with career preparation — reports the opposite
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AI employment threat perception negatively predicts perceived employability among Chinese college students |
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AI employment threat perception negatively predicts perceived employability among Chinese college students |
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