The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) into education and industry demands that learners not only acquire technical skills but also develop the ability to critically evaluate AI outputs and navigate ethical considerations. This study constructs a Generative AI (GAI) competency framework for university students and empirically validates its structure. We designed a 35-item survey instrument encompassing seven subscales— Cognitive Understanding (CU), Technical Skill (TS), Critical Evaluation (CE), Attitudinal Openness (AO), Self-Efficacy & Adaptability (SE), Collaborative Ability (CA), and Ethical Responsibility (ER)—and collected responses from 387 Korean undergraduate students. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) affirmed a seven-factor structure, with high internal consistency across all subscales (Cronbach’s α = 0.842–0.876). By standardizing subscale scores, we developed a roadmap index with percentile and T-score norms. Quartile comparisons revealed that students in the top quartile demonstrated significantly higher CE and AO scores than those in the bottom quartile (Cohen’s d > 1). We provide guidelines for applying this index in curriculum design, advising, and policy development to foster responsible and effective use of GAI tools relationships [1–4].
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Abstract 1. Introduction 1.1 Background and rationale 1.2 Research gap 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Contributions 2. Theoretical background and hypotheses 2.1 Defining generative AI literacy 2.2 Review of competency frameworks 2.3 Operationalization of the seven subscales 2.4 Hypotheses 3. Method 3.1 Instrument development 3.2 Participants and data collection 3.3 Variables and analysis plan 4. Results 4.1 Descriptive statistics 4.2 Reliability 4.3 Exploratory factor analysis 4.4 Norms and roadmap index 4.5 Quartile comparisons 4.6 Inter‑subscale correlations 4.7 Norms by subscale 4.8 Confirmatory factor analysis 5. Discussion 5.1 Summary of findings 5.2 Theoretical implications 5.3 Practical implications 5.4 Policy implications 5.5 Implementation case study 5.6 Cross‑linguistic and cross‑cultural adaptation 6. Limitations and future research 7. Conclusion 8. Ethical considerations 9. Data availability References
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Generative AI literacyFactor analysisReliabilityUniversity student competency
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Jeonghak Lee [ PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Convergence Technology and Energy, Tech University of Korea, Siheung, Republic of Korea ]
Hyunsang Lee [ PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Convergence Technology and Energy, Tech University of Korea, Siheung, Republic of Korea ]
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