Artificial intelligence and academic anxiety? a meta-analysis
Weihao Wang, Long Diao, Jingting Yu · 2026
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Weihao Wang, Long Diao, and Jingting Yu ask, in a 2026 meta-analysis, whether artificial intelligence tools in education actually calm academic anxiety. Studies point both ways, so a pooled estimate was overdue.
Twenty-two studies giving thirty effect sizes were combined with careful statistical methods. The overall effect was moderate and favourable, meaning AI interventions cut anxiety noticeably on average. Test anxiety and general academic anxiety responded, while mathematics and language anxiety did not. Intelligent tutoring systems and robots worked; chatbots and virtual tools did not clearly. Most subgroup contrasts were not statistically firm, the authors caution, and benefits persisted at delayed retesting.
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| CREATOR | Weihao Wang, Long Diao, Jingting Yu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74292 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |