Teacher support is negatively associated with AI dependency among university students¶

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q2 i2 Higher teacher support is associated with lower AI dependency (β = −0.217, p < 0.001), with a small effect size. → Huang Q 2026

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Huang Q 2026¶

Huang Q, Tu S, Lin J, Lu L and Lv C (2026). The dark side of AI in education: AI dependency as a mediator linking academic self-efficacy and teacher support to learning burnout among university students. Front. Psychol. 17:1889053. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1889053

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Regression Model 2 in the same cross-sectional survey of 276 university students. Teacher support was "significantly and negatively associated with AI dependency" with β = −0.217, R2 = 0.047, f 2 = 0.049, a small effect by Cohen's criteria.

"Teacher support was also significantly and negatively associated with AI dependency ( β = −0.217, p < 0.001, 95% CI [ −0.337, −0.102]), accounting for 4.7% of the variance ( R2 = 0.047, f 2 = 0.049), supporting Hypothesis 2."

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