Main structural paths remain substantively unchanged after controlling for gender, major, and AI tool use frequency¶

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q2 i? Signs and significance levels of the six main structural paths were unchanged when gender, major, and AI tool use frequency were added as controls, and no significant direct effects from the controls were found. → Jiang H 2026

Evidence¶

Jiang H 2026¶

Jiang H, Chen B and Chen Q (2026). Multidimensional perceived school support and AI learning anxiety among university students: the mediating roles of control-value appraisals. Front. Psychol. 17:1951992. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1951992

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Robustness SEM with control variables in the same 547-student sample; the model with controls showed good fit (CFI = 0.977, RMSEA = 0.027). The article reports "the signs and significance levels of the main structural paths remained substantively unchanged after controlling for gender, major, and AI tool use frequency."

"the signs and significance levels of the main structural paths remained substantively unchanged after controlling for gender, major, and AI tool use frequency."

Discussion¶

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