Security and technical risk perception exhibit threshold effects on perceived benefits, with positive associations becoming significant only above critical risk levels¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Security risk perception significantly promotes academic assistance only when risk exceeds the second threshold (coefficient 0.304, significant at the 1% level). → Du W 2026 q2 i? Security risk perception's positive effect on skill development emerges only above the threshold (coefficient 0.166, p < 0.01). → Du W 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Du W 2026¶

Du W, Ning S, Shi Y and Chen Y. (2026). The impact of risk perception on perceived benefits of generative artificial intelligence users—an empirical study based on university students. Front. Psychol. 17:1866428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1866428

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Threshold regression using Hansen's (2000) bootstrap method (5,000 samples) on the 814-student survey. Below the threshold, coefficients were positive but not statistically significant; only in the highest risk range was the effect significant.

"When security risk exceed the second threshold and reach the highest range, the coeﬃcient becomes 0.304 and is signiﬁcant at the 1% level."

Du W 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Threshold regression on the same sample for skill development, with a single threshold value of 3 for security risk. The article reports the positive effect "emerges only when risk levels are relatively high".

"When it exceeds the threshold, the regression coeﬃcient becomes 0.166 and is statistically signiﬁcant at the 1% level (p < 0.01)."

Discussion¶

Security risk perception is positively associated with perceived academic assistance and skill development benefits of Gen AI among university students — related

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`id`	`risk-perception-threshold-effects`
`title`	`Security and technical risk perception exhibit threshold effects on perceived benefits, with positive associations becoming significant only above critical risk levels`
`description`	`Security and technical risk perception exhibit threshold effects on perceived benefits, with positive associations becoming significant only above critical risk levels`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2026`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-11`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `du-w-2026`, `du-w-2026-2`

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