A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety

Xiuxiu Yang; Lijuan Liu

doi:10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250011.20261002

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A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety

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A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety
A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety
College of Foreign Languages, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
Vol. 10, Issue 2, Pages: 52-57(2026)
Published：28 February 2026
DOI：10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250011.20261002
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Yang Xiuxiu,Liu Lijuan.A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(02):52-57.
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Yang Xiuxiu,Liu Lijuan.A Study of the Differential Effects of Teacher and DeepSeek Writing Feedback on College Students' Academic Anxiety[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(02):52-57. DOI： 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250011.20261002.

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Based on the three-dimensional theory of anxiety

this study adopted a mixed research method to explore the differential effects of second language writing teacher feedback and DeepSeek AI feedback on the academic anxiety of 115 non-English major college students. The results showed that: (1) Teacher feedback induced higher cognitive anxiety and avoidance tendency in students than DeepSeek feedback

with the difference in avoidance tendency approaching statistical significance; (2) No stable and consistent difference was found in the impact of the two feedback modes on students'physiological anxiety. The findings reveal that DeepSeek AI feedback has potential advantages in alleviating cognitive anxiety and avoidance tendency of non-English majors

providing empirical support for constructing a "human-machine collaborative" feedbackmodel that balances teaching effectiveness

feedback efficiency and students'psychological safety.

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