Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools' Accessibility and Adoption and their Influence on Academic Writing Anxiety

Abstract The recent advancement in, and launch of numerous artificial intelligence tools for different purposes in this world of digitalization will aid the knowledge and improve the possible output of every sectors. The generative kind of artificial intelligence tools are efficient in generating and development of textual communication of a content, checking grammatical and vocabulary error, spelling mistake, paraphrasing and rephrasing among the others. This study focuses on generative artificial intelligences tools’ accessibility and adoption, and their influence on academic writing anxiety. 189 respondents that involves the higher education institutions faculties, postgraduate candidate and undergraduate students’ responses were used for this study. Partial least square structural equation model was employed and collected responses were analyzed using SmartPLS software version 4.0.9.2. The findings of the study reveals that the all items of academic writing anxiety scale has an average mean value and the structural model results indicated that the accessibility and adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools positively and significantly influence the academic writing anxiety. The study recommended ethical practice by the user of the tools to avoid academic issues. Keyword: Academic Writing Anxiety, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility, Adoption.