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This negative association is stronger among workers without higher education, those employed in the market sector, and those living in urban areas. Mediation analyses further indicate that the association is partly accounted for by higher unemployment expectations, greater perceived socioeconomic disadvantage, and more pessimistic expectations regarding family futures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, the findings suggest that perceived technological displacement risk functions as an important psychosocial stressor for young workers and that the mental health consequences of technological change extend beyond objective labor market outcomes to subjective expectations, social comparison, and future-oriented family concerns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1851198","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]],"date-time":"2026-09-04T05:29:31Z","timestamp":1788499771000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived risk of technological displacement and mental health among young workers: evidence from the CSS2023"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Tianfa","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Administration, Guangzhou University","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mao","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Education, Sehan University","place":["Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuqi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education, Guangzhou University","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ye","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physical Education, Guangzhou University","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rong","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Administration, Guangzhou University","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"S293","DOI":"10.1086\/718327","article-title":"Artificial intelligence and jobs: evidence from online vacancies","volume":"40","author":"Acemoglu","year":"2022","journal-title":"J Labor Econ."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2188","DOI":"10.1086\/705716","article-title":"Robots and jobs: evidence from US labor markets","volume":"128","author":"Acemoglu","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. 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