AI literacy and school tier moderate educators' ethical coping mechanisms through sedative and reverse Matthew effects.

Sci Rep · 2026 · PMC13369881 · PMID 42143147

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The results demonstrated that even after controlling for identity, the core interaction effects remained robust: the moderating effect of AI Literacy on Inhibitory Ethical Risk (Literacy Sedative Effect) remained significant ( β = −0.076, p <.01), and the moderating effect of School Tier on Promotional Professional Risk (Reverse Matthew Effect) remained highly significant ( β = 0.109, p =.004).

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