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AIlessphobia in Education among University Students: Prevalence and Associations with Deep and Surface Learning Approaches Cover

AIlessphobia in Education among University Students: Prevalence and Associations with Deep and Surface Learning Approaches

Open Access
|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of university students.

N%
Gender
    Female29863.8
    Male16936.2
Year of study
    First year337.1
    Second year5612.0
    Third year19942.6
    Fourth year17938.3
Frequency of Chatbot Use
    Daily6714.3
    Several times a week17437.3
    Weekly10322.1
    Once or twice a month12326.3
Chatbot Name
    ChatGPT43693.8
    DeepSeek30.6
    Gemini132.8
    Others152.8
Total467100.0
Table 2

Descriptive statistics.

SCALESMINMAXMEANSTD. DEV.SKEWNESSKURTOSIS
AIlessphobia in education1.004.392.30.734.261–.598
      Academic self-efficacy anxiety1.004.302.01.819.550–.751
      Lack of academic confidence without AI1.005.002.67.864.058–.467
Deep learning approach1.404.703.12.599.045.135
      Deep motivation1.404.402.89.531.091–.062
      Deep strategy1.205.003.09.666.040.129
Surface learning approach1.204.803.15.635–.033.082
      Surface motivation1.004.602.72.681.053–.087
      Surface strategy1.404.603.04.606–.068–.026
Figure 1

Correlation matrix.

Notes. AILP: AIlessphobia in education; ASA: Academic self-efficacy anxiety; LAC: Lack of academic confidence without AI; DL: Deep learning; SL: Surface learning; DM: Deep motivation; DS: Deep strategy; SM: Surface motivation; SS: Surface strategy. ** indicates p < .01 and * indicates p < .05.

Table 3

Results of Stepwise Regression Analysis.

MODELVARIABLEBSTANDARD ERRORβtpPART rPARTIAL rVIF
1Constant1.429.13410.673.000
Surface motivation.320.048.2976.717.000.297.2971.000
2Constant.831.2203.767.000
Surface motivation.340.047.3157.148.000.313.3151.014
Deep strategy.173.051.1503.396.001.149.1561.014
Table 4

Model Summary of Stepwise Regression Analysis.

MODELRR2ADJUSTED R2R2 CHANGEF CHANGEdf1df2pDURBIN-WATSON
1.297.088.086.08845.1171465.000
2.333.111.107.02211.5361464.0011.840
Language: English
Page range: 428 - 440
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2026
Accepted on: Mar 29, 2026
Published on: Aug 4, 2026
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Deniz Mertkan Gezgin, Onur Nurlu, Çiğdem Arapoğlu, Mehmet Murat Demirelli, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.