Table 5.

Bivariate correlation between previous exposure, general attitudes towards AI and AI anxiety.

Variables		r	p	Bootstrap
				SE	BCa 95% CI
					Lower	Upper
Frequency	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	0.17	0.08	0.08	0.013	0.332
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	0.01	0.92	0.09	−0.173	0.180
	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.28**	0.003	0.11	−0.481	−0.079
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.20*	0.04	0.11	−0.390	−0.010
	Learning Anxiety	0.05	0.63	0.08	−0.121	0.207
	Replacement Anxiety	0.09	0.36	0.09	−0.089	0.272
	Sociotechnical Blindness	0.24*	0.01	0.08	0.061	0.402
	Configuration Anxiety	0.04	0.65	0.09	−0.142	0.232
Valence	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	0.35**	<0.001	0.08	0.180	0.520
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	0.21*	0.03	0.08	0.044	0.381
	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.05	0.58	0.12	−0.295	0.200
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.10	0.28	0.10	−0.284	0.083
	Learning Anxiety	−0.24*	0.01	0.09	−0.400	−0.076
	Replacement Anxiety	−0.15	0.12	0.08	−0.311	0.004
	Sociotechnical Blindness	−0.03	0.79	0.08	−0.197	0.135
	Configuration Anxiety	−0.17	0.08	0.09	−0.341	0.002
Immersion	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	−0.10	0.29	0.10	−0.280	0.081
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Positive)	−0.24*	0.01	0.09	−0.395	−0.071
	Pre-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.35**	<0.001	0.10	−0.526	−0.137
	Post-Chat Attitudes (Negative)	−0.33**	<0.001	0.09	−0.480	−0.153
	Learning Anxiety	0.15	0.12	0.10	−0.039	0.329
	Replacement Anxiety	0.19	0.05	0.09	0.006	0.361
	Sociotechnical Blindness	0.10	0.29	0.09	−0.058	0.267
	Configuration Anxiety	0.37**	<0.001	0.08	0.206	0.516

Positive, positive-scale; Negative, negative-scale (reverse-scored). BCa, Bias-corrected and accelerated. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01.