Technology anxiety's positive association with AI literacy is confined to critical evaluation and ethical competence and absent from the three performance-oriented subdimensions¶
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q2 i1 In subdimension models, technology anxiety positively predicted critical evaluation (β = 0.14, p < 0.05) and ethical competence (β = 0.20, p < 0.001) but was non-significant for technical proficiency, communication proficiency, and creative application. → Chow Tak Sang 2026
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Chow Tak Sang 2026¶
Chow Tak Sang, To Ken, Lam Bess Yin Hung, Lau Kung Wong. (2026). A Multidimensional Analysis of AI Literacy Determinants: External Resources, Digital Skills, and Psychological Profile Among University Students. Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16081448
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Parallel four-step regressions refitted for each of the five AI literacy subdimensions on the same sample. The article concludes the positive residual effect "arises entirely from the two evaluative dimensions and is absent from the three performance-oriented dimensions", suggesting anxiety operates through heightened vigilance rather than operational skill.
"Its positive association was confined to critical evaluation (β = 0.14, p < 0.05) and ethical competence (β = 0.20, p < 0.001) and was non-significant for technical proficiency, communication proficiency, and creative application."
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Related Claims¶
- Predictors operate selectively across AI literacy subdimensions: digital competence fails to predict technical proficiency or communication proficiency, and perceived resources predict only communication proficiency and creative application — related
- Personal innovativeness, technology anxiety, and growth mindset in technology each significantly predict AI literacy after external resources and digital competence are controlled, adding 6% of variance — related
- Technology anxiety is a positive predictor of AI literacy once other determinants are controlled, despite a negative zero-order correlation — a broader claim this one bears on
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Technology anxiety's positive association with AI literacy is confined to critical evaluation and ethical competence and absent from the three performance-oriented subdimensions |
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Technology anxiety's positive association with AI literacy is confined to critical evaluation and ethical competence and absent from the three performance-oriented subdimensions |
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