Perceived AI literacy moderates the direct path: the negative GenAI use–trust association is significant at low literacy and non-significant at high literacy¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2 · i1–i2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i1 The GenAI use × perceived AI literacy interaction positively predicts interpersonal trust (β = 0.13). → Zhang Zhen 2026 q2 i2 Simple slopes: the negative direct effect holds at low (β = −0.23) and average (β = −0.10) literacy but not at high literacy (β = 0.03, p = 0.57). → Zhang Zhen 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Zhang Zhen 2026¶

Zhang Zhen, Geng Jiaying, Qi Chunhui. (2026). Observer Perceptions of GenAI Use and Interpersonal Trust: The Roles of Warmth, Competence, and AI Literacy. Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071221

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Moderated mediation analysis (PROCESS Model 8, 5000 bootstrap resamples, N = 406) testing the direct path; the interaction "significantly and positively predicted interpersonal trust (β = 0.13, t = 5.35, p < 0.001)".

"the interaction term between GenAI use and perceived AI literacy significantly and positively predicted interpersonal trust (β = 0.13, t = 5.35, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.08, 0.18])"

Zhang Zhen 2026 (2)¶

Zhang Zhen, Geng Jiaying, Qi Chunhui. (2026). Observer Perceptions of GenAI Use and Interpersonal Trust: The Roles of Warmth, Competence, and AI Literacy. Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071221

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Simple slope analysis within the same Model 8 test: the negative direct effect was significant at low and average perceived AI literacy, with the low-literacy slope at "β = −0.23, t = −5.69, p < 0.001", and "no longer significant" at high literacy. Non-significance at high literacy was not an equivalence test.

"when perceived AI literacy was low, the direct effect of GenAI use on interpersonal trust was significantly negative (β = −0.23, t = −5.69, p < 0.001). When perceived AI literacy was at the average level, this effect remained significantly negative (β = −0.10, t = −3.00, p < 0.01). However, when perceived AI literacy was high, the effect was no longer significant (β = 0.03, t = 0.55, p = 0.57)."

Discussion¶

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