Measuring How Students Rely on Generative AI in Academic Writing: Development and Multi-Source Validation of the Generative AI Reliance Types Scale (GenAI-RTS)

Shahin Hossain, Tukhbita Afroz Nawmi

The paper introduces and validates a 20-item scale (GenAI-RTS) that measures how undergraduate students rely on generative AI tools in academic writing, distinguishing four types o…