Stronger eco-mindedness raises initial eco-mode preference, but this advantage diminishes as response latency increases¶

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q2 i3 In eco mode 1, participants with medium and high eco-mindedness were significantly more likely to select eco modes than low-eco-mindedness participants (Medium: OR = 8.95, p = .046; High: OR = 50.34, p = .006). → Hyeonwook Kim 2026 q2 i? Higher-latency modes showed very low baseline selection odds relative to mode 1, indicating the eco-mindedness advantage diminishes as delays grow. → Hyeonwook Kim 2026

Evidence¶

Hyeonwook Kim 2026¶

Hyeonwook Kim, Xuesi Chen, Alex Cabral, Cindy Kaiying Lin, Udit Gupta, Josiah Hester. (2026). When LLMs Slow Down: How Environmental Impacts Mediate University Students' LLM Usage. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23968 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.23968

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A mixed-effects model compared eco-mode preference across personal-norm groups (Low 21–30, Medium 31–38, High 39–47) from a validated 10-item instrument. "participants with medium and high levels of eco-mindedness were significantly more likely to select eco modes" in mode 1; modes 4–5 showed OR ≈ 0, p > .85.

"In eco mode 1, participants with medium and high levels of eco-mindedness were significantly more likely to select eco modes (Medium: OR = 8.95,p=.046; High: OR = 50.34,p=.006) than those with low eco-mindedness"

Discussion¶

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