The serial indirect effect of AI literacy on continued use is weaker at higher levels of AI anxiety (moderated mediation)¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The index of moderated mediation for the serial pathway is negative and significant (−0.03, 95% CI −0.05 to −0.02), so the indirect association is progressively weaker at higher anxiety. → Peichen Hu 2026

Evidence¶

Peichen Hu 2026¶

Peichen Hu. (2026). Psychological predictors of continued ChatGPT use among university students: the roles of AI literacy, trust, and academic self-efficacy. Front. Psychol. 17:1900190. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1900190

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Index of moderated mediation with Monte Carlo confidence intervals (20,000 draws) in the SEM of 450 existing ChatGPT users; printed estimate "[−0.03, 95% CI (−0.05, −0.02)]". Table 3 notes that its estimates, this index included, are standardised; the index is a change in a standardised indirect effect per unit of anxiety rather than a group difference, so it is not coded on the impact scale.

"The index of moderated mediation for the serial pathway was negative and significant [−0.03, 95% CI (−0.05, −0.02)], indicating that the indirect association of AI literacy with continued use through trust and self-efficacy was progressively weaker at higher levels of anxiety."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
• Academic Anxiety — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

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