Emotion regulation partially mediates the negative association between AI anxiety and academic motivation¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Bootstrap analysis shows a significant negative indirect association between AI anxiety and academic motivation through emotion regulation (indirect effect = −0.076). → Zhang Y 2026 q2 i? Because both direct and indirect associations were significant, emotion regulation partially mediated the association. → Zhang Y 2026 (2)

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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PROCESS Model 4 mediation test with 5,000 bias-corrected bootstrap resamples in the survey of 1,484 students. The indirect association through emotion regulation was significant, with the 95% confidence interval excluding zero (indirect effect = −0.076).

"Bootstrap analysis based on 5,000 resamples indicated a significant negative indirect association between AI anxiety and academic motivation through emotion regulation [indirect effect = −0.076, Boot SE = 0.016, 95% CI ( −0.108, −0.047)]."

Zhang Y 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Authors' conclusion from the mediation models (Table 2, Figure 1): the direct association between AI anxiety and academic motivation remained significant alongside the significant indirect association, consistent with partial mediation.

"Because both the direct and indirect associations were significant, emotion regulation partially mediated the association between AI anxiety and academic motivation (Figure 1)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

AI anxiety is negatively associated with academic motivation among university students, in both bivariate and regression analyses — related
AI anxiety is negatively associated with emotion regulation among university students — a broader claim this one bears on
The indirect association between AI anxiety and academic motivation through emotion regulation is significant for both male and female students but stronger among male students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Emotion regulation is positively associated with academic motivation among university students — related

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`type`	`claim`
`id`	`emotion-regulation-partially-mediates-ai-anxiety-motivation`
`title`	`Emotion regulation partially mediates the negative association between AI anxiety and academic motivation`
`description`	`Emotion regulation partially mediates the negative association between AI anxiety and academic motivation`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2026`
`source_checked`	`2026-10-20`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-12`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `zhang-y-2026`, `zhang-y-2026-2`

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