Installing the synthetic position as promoter can raise self-narrative coherence while lowering authorship of it (authorship-coherence dissociation)¶
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q1 i? Authorship and narrative coherence are predicted to dissociate: a promoter-installed condition should raise rated coherence while lowering rated authorship of the same text, confirmed only if the two indices move in opposite directions by a pre-registered margin. → Du P 2026
Evidence¶
Du P 2026¶
Du P, Zhou Y, Zhou Z, Wang H and Cao Q (2026). The synthetic position: generative artificial intelligence and the suspension of self-authorship in emerging adulthood. Front. Psychol. 17:1922087. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1922087
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Proposition 5, framed as the account's sharpest, most readily testable prediction. The article specifies an operationalization: coherence scored by external raters using established autobiographical-narrative coding; authorship registered concurrently through rated ownership and behavioral markers of endorsement under mild challenge.
"installing the synthetic position as a promoter can raise the coherence of a young person’s self-narrative while lowering their authorship of it, so that an instrument sensitive only to coherence records improvement where the model predicts impoverishment."
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Related Claims¶
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- Habitual self-formative dialogue with a synthetic position tends to absorb the integrative authorship of the meta- and promoter positions (synthetic promotion) — a broader claim this one bears on
- Pre-service teachers rate ChatGPT-generated texts higher on structure but often fail to identify AI authorship, indicating limited critical AI literacy — related
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- In one keystroke-logging study, spontaneous sentence production under minimal planning is associated with gains in writers' self-rated understanding and with lower initial text quality — related
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Installing the synthetic position as promoter can raise self-narrative coherence while lowering authorship of it (authorship-coherence dissociation) |
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Installing the synthetic position as promoter can raise self-narrative coherence while lowering authorship of it (authorship-coherence dissociation) |
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