{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liao W"],"funding":["Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program","Xihua University","State Key Laboratory of Vehicle NVH and Safety Technology"],"pagination":["e0331911"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12425220"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["20(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study explains Chinese public acceptance of autonomous driving (n = 412) through subjective norms, personal norms, and psychological empowerment (cognitive, emotional, behavioral). Using covariance-based SEM with bootstrapped mediation, we find behavioral empowerment has the strongest direct effect on acceptance (≈2 × cognitive; ≈ 3.2 × emotional). All three empowerment dimensions partially mediate both subjective- and personal-norm paths, with behavioral mediation (≈46-50%) dominating. Importance-Performance Analysis highlights behavioral empowerment as high-importance/high-performance, while cognitive empowerment shows headroom for improvement. A Bayesian network confirms predictive validity with low overall error. Findings suggest design and policy should primarily strengthen users"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Top-down norms and psychological empowerment: Explaining Chinese public acceptance of autonomous driving."],"pmcid":["PMC12425220"],"funding_grant_id":["S202410623072","S202410623061","Z231015","IVSTSKL-202424"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu X","Jiang K","Yang J","Chen J","Liao W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Top-down norms and psychological empowerment: Explaining Chinese public acceptance of autonomous driving.","description":"This study explains Chinese public acceptance of autonomous driving (n = 412) through subjective norms, personal norms, and psychological empowerment (cognitive, emotional, behavioral). Using covariance-based SEM with bootstrapped mediation, we find behavioral empowerment has the strongest direct effect on acceptance (≈2 × cognitive; ≈ 3.2 × emotional). All three empowerment dimensions partially mediate both subjective- and personal-norm paths, with behavioral mediation (≈46-50%) dominating. Importance-Performance Analysis highlights behavioral empowerment as high-importance/high-performance, while cognitive empowerment shows headroom for improvement. A Bayesian network confirms predictive validity with low overall error. Findings suggest design and policy should primarily strengthen users","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-04-23T03:20:16.074Z","creation":"2026-04-23T03:10:23.679Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12425220","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40934173"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0331911"]}}