Perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat are weakly and non-significantly correlated, suggesting relatively independent appraisals¶
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q2 i0 The correlation between perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat is weak and non-significant (r = 0.030). → Zhu K 2026
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Zhu K 2026¶
Zhu K, Ma Y, Zhang J and Liu J (2026). Perceived AI empowerment and threat in relation to university students' dependence on GenAI: the indirect role of trust in AI. Front. Psychol. 17:1940317. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1940317
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Pearson correlation analysis in SPSS among the 360-student sample; the PE–PT correlation was "weak and non-significant(r=0.030)", an effect size below r = .10.
"The correlation between perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat was weak and non-significant(r=0.030),suggestingthatthetwoappraisalswere relativelyindependentinthepresentsample."
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Related Claims¶
- Trust in AI partially mediates the associations of both perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat with GenAI dependence — related
- The dual-appraisal model explains 42.7% of variance in trust in AI and 45.9% of variance in GenAI dependence — related
- Perceived AI empowerment is positively associated with university students' trust in AI and their dependence on GenAI — related
- Perceived AI threat is negatively associated with university students' trust in AI and their dependence on GenAI — related
- Trust in AI is positively associated with university students' dependence on GenAI — related
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Perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat are weakly and non-significantly correlated, suggesting relatively independent appraisals |
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Perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat are weakly and non-significantly correlated, suggesting relatively independent appraisals |
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