Daily AI use duration shows a weak positive correlation with academic motivation among university students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i0 Daily AI use duration correlates weakly and positively with academic motivation (r = 0.053). → Zhang Y 2026

Evidence¶

Zhang Y 2026¶

Zhang Y, Shi Y and Lu J (2026). The relationship between AI anxiety and academic motivation among university students: the mediating role of emotion regulation and the moderating role of gender. Front. Psychol. 17:1918525. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1918525

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Bivariate Pearson correlations (Table 1) in the cross-sectional survey of 1,484 students. AI contact duration showed a 'weak positive correlation with academic motivation (r = 0.053, p < 0.05)'; daily AI use was included as a control variable in the regression analyses.

"AI contact duration showed a weak positive correlation with academic motivation (r = 0.053, p < 0.05), while gender was negatively correlated with academic motivation (r = −0.094, p < 0.001)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it

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