Negative AI attitudes correlate positively with job finding anxiety more strongly than positive AI attitudes¶
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q2 i3 Job finding anxiety correlates moderately and positively with negative AI attitudes (r=.415) and more weakly with positive AI attitudes (r=.288). → Üstün 2026
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Üstün 2026¶
Üstün, A. G., & Danacıoğlu, N. (2026). The Role of Artificial Intelligence Anxiety and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence in University Students’ Job Finding Anxiety. Participatory Educational Research, 13(2), 143-164. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.26.23.13.2
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Pearson correlations in the same 1,057-student correlational survey. The study reports the negative-attitudes correlation as "moderate and positive ( r=.415)" and the positive-attitudes correlation as "weaker, yet significant" at r=.288.
"The relationship between Job Finding Anxiety and Negative AI Attitudes was moderate and positive ( r=.415), while a weaker, yet significant, correlation was found with Positive AI Attitudes (r=.288)."
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Negative AI attitudes correlate positively with job finding anxiety more strongly than positive AI attitudes |
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Negative AI attitudes correlate positively with job finding anxiety more strongly than positive AI attitudes |
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