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The generative AI ethics landscape as seen by Chinese middle school students

Yanyan Zhang; Xin Wan; Suping Yi; Yefeng Lu

Originally published 2026-03-16 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1777855 ↗

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AI / system type

Generative AI/LLM ethics literacy survey

Child-facing evidence

Examines children or child-focused systems. Transfer to everyday family life must be assessed separately.

The AI connection

Investigates student views on five ethical principles applied to GenAI.

Why this reading matters

Includes children’s own explanations and an explicit family-discussion variable.

Editorial reading guide · Independence

What ethical reasons does my child give for accepting or refusing AI use?

Maps to Independence through adolescents’ reasoning about autonomy and responsible GenAI use.

Study context

594 pupils from two Chinese public middle schools familiar with GenAI

Age / stage: Grades 7–9

Read with three questions

  1. How did students interpret autonomy and beneficence?
  2. What was the association between family discussions and ethical agreement?
  3. Why do agreement ratings not establish ethical behavior?

Keep the limits in view

Two-school cross-sectional self-report; family discussion associations do not show causation and agreement is not observed practice.

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Yanyan Zhang; Xin Wan; Suping Yi; Yefeng Lu (2026). The generative AI ethics landscape as seen by Chinese middle school students Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1777855

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