Social science students report higher job finding anxiety and AI anxiety than natural and applied field students, with small effect sizes¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i1 Social science students had significantly higher job finding anxiety than natural and applied field students (t=4.08, d=.25). → Üstün 2026 q2 i? No significant field difference was found in the Learning subdimension of AI anxiety or in total AI attitudes. → Üstün 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i1 · associational · r2

Independent samples t-test by field of study in the 1,057-student survey (job finding anxiety t=4.08, p<.001). The study reports social science students "had significantly higher average scores than those in natural and applied fields" with a small effect size, d=.25.

"students in the social sciences had significantly higher average scores than those in natural and applied fields ( p<.05); however, this difference corresponded to a small effect size (d=.25)."

Üstün 2026 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Same field-of-study t-test analysis; the Learning subdimension (t=1.5, p=.135) and total AI attitudes (t=1.05, p=.296) showed no significant difference between fields; equivalence was not tested.

"However, no statistically significant difference was found in the Learning subdimension of the AI Anxiety."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Female students report higher job finding anxiety, AI anxiety, and negative AI attitudes than male students — related
• Second-year students report higher job finding anxiety and AI anxiety than students in other academic years — related
• Age, gender, class level and voluntary programme choice do not significantly predict job search anxiety in the adjusted model — related
• Modality effect sizes differ across fields of study, with social science effects negative and science effects largest — related
• AI anxiety is positively and significantly correlated with job search anxiety among health sciences students — related
• Negative AI attitudes correlate positively with job finding anxiety more strongly than positive AI attitudes — related