Expectancy-Value beliefs govern the intensity of LLM reliance while AI skills determine its type, indicating the two predictor systems require separate interventions¶

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q3 i? Students' beliefs about the value and difficulty of using AI affect the extent of their reliance on AI, while their actual AI skills determine the specific type of AI they use. → Shahin Hossain 2026

Evidence¶

Shahin Hossain 2026¶

Shahin Hossain. (2026). Four Types of LLM Reliance and Their Predictors Among Undergraduate Writers: A Mixed-Methods Study at a Minority-Serving R1 University. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28749 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.28749

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Headline finding of the mixed-methods study of 382 undergraduates, operationalized with a five-item Expectancy-Value scale (α = .923) as the intensity predictor and AI literacy subscales as type predictors. No effect size is printed for this dissociation in the supplied text.

"Students’ beliefs about the value and difficulty of using AI affect the extent of their reliance on AI, while their actual AI skills determine the specific type of AI they use, indicating that differentiated approaches are necessary to support students effectively."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• AI literacy is the strongest predictor of reliance type: each unit increase in AI literacy is associated with roughly a tenfold reduction in the odds of Dependent versus Strategic classification — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Learners invest more effort in tasks they perceive as interesting, personally important, or useful to their future goals. — a broader claim this one bears on
• Reliance, trust, and dependency are distinct constructs requiring separate measurement from AI-literacy totals — related
• Learners' task-specific self-efficacy beliefs predict whether they initiate, persist through, and recover from difficulty on academic tasks. — related
• Undergraduate LLM reliance classifies into four types — Strategic (34.3%), Instrumental (30.9%), Dialogic (30.4%), and Dependent (4.5%) — using a threshold-based classification rule — related
• First-generation status is a significant predictor of reliance intensity, indicating a compensatory dynamic at minority-serving institutions — related