Trust in AI partially mediates the associations of both perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat with GenAI dependence¶
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q2 i2 Trust in AI carries a significant positive indirect association from perceived AI empowerment to AI dependence (β = 0.262, 54.8% of the total effect). → Zhu K 2026
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Zhu K 2026¶
Zhu K, Ma Y, Zhang J and Liu J (2026). Perceived AI empowerment and threat in relation to university students' dependence on GenAI: the indirect role of trust in AI. Front. Psychol. 17:1940317. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1940317
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Bootstrap mediation analysis (5,000 resamples) in the SEM of 360 students; the empowerment indirect effect was "β =0.262,SE =0.044,95%CI [0.182, 0.356]", accounting for 54.8% of the total effect.
"The mediation analysis showed a significant positive indirect association between perceived AI empowerment and AIdependencethroughtrustinAI (β =0.262,SE =0.044,95%CI [0.182, 0.356]), accounting for 54.8% of the total effect."
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Trust in AI partially mediates the associations of both perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat with GenAI dependence |
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Trust in AI partially mediates the associations of both perceived AI empowerment and perceived AI threat with GenAI dependence |
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