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August 20, 2026Public Health ChallengesOpen Access

From Locus of Control to Fear: How Intolerance of Uncertainty Shapes Young Arab Adults’ Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence

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GKGeorges KerbageCACamille AkkariSHSouheil Hallit

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Cross-sectional study reveals that uncertainty-driven anxiety mediates the relationship between locus of control and fear of AI in young adults, suggesting targets for managing tech apprehension.

Key Points

  • To examine whether intolerance of uncertainty indirectly mediates the association between internal and external locus of control and the fear of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence.
  • Cross-sectional survey conducted in July 2023 across four Arab countries among Arabic-speaking adults (N=1,849; mean age 21.37 years; 74.3% female).
  • Data collected via online distributed questionnaires assessing internal/external locus of control, intolerance of uncertainty (prospective and inhibitory anxiety), and fear of AI.
  • Neither internal nor external locus of control exhibited a direct relationship with fear of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (FARAI) scores.
  • Internal locus of control was indirectly associated with FARAI through both increased prospective anxiety and reduced inhibitory anxiety.
  • External locus of control was indirectly associated with higher FARAI scores via increased inhibitory anxiety.

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Kerbage et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b5c58a91293e6a1cd4aahttps://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70352
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