Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing
Approaches to writing play an important role in both the writing processes and outcomes. However, little is known about whether L2 writers adopt different combinations of approaches in academic writing contexts and what factors predict such combinations. Hence, this study aimed to identify different...
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| description | Approaches to writing play an important role in both the writing processes and outcomes. However, little is known about whether L2 writers adopt different combinations of approaches in academic writing contexts and what factors predict such combinations. Hence, this study aimed to identify different profiles of approaches to writing in an L2 academic context and examine how they are predicted by writing self-efficacy and large language model (LLM) acceptance. To this end, a total of 578 Chinese graduate students were recruited to participate in the study. Latent profile analysis revealed three distinct writing profiles: unorganized (Profile 1), dissonant (Profile 2), and deep and organized (Profile 3), with the majority of students categorized under the dissonant profile. Additionally, multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed that writing self-efficacy positively predicted profile membership, with the strongest effect observed for Profile 3, followed by Profile 2 and then Profile 1. LLM acceptance also positively predicted profile membership, with the strongest effect for Profile 2, followed by Profile 3 and then Profile 1. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1c02a21da25436f8b85c6f0f886ab552025-08-20T03:13:43ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-07-0115798310.3390/bs15070983Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic WritingFei Sun0Laura Mendoza1Junju Wang2Hongbin Li3School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, ChinaLanguage Centre, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 4, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandSchool of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, ChinaApproaches to writing play an important role in both the writing processes and outcomes. However, little is known about whether L2 writers adopt different combinations of approaches in academic writing contexts and what factors predict such combinations. Hence, this study aimed to identify different profiles of approaches to writing in an L2 academic context and examine how they are predicted by writing self-efficacy and large language model (LLM) acceptance. To this end, a total of 578 Chinese graduate students were recruited to participate in the study. Latent profile analysis revealed three distinct writing profiles: unorganized (Profile 1), dissonant (Profile 2), and deep and organized (Profile 3), with the majority of students categorized under the dissonant profile. Additionally, multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed that writing self-efficacy positively predicted profile membership, with the strongest effect observed for Profile 3, followed by Profile 2 and then Profile 1. LLM acceptance also positively predicted profile membership, with the strongest effect for Profile 2, followed by Profile 3 and then Profile 1.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/7/983approaches to writingwriting self-efficacylarge language model acceptanceL2 academic writing |
| spellingShingle | Fei Sun Laura Mendoza Junju Wang Hongbin Li Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing Behavioral Sciences approaches to writing writing self-efficacy large language model acceptance L2 academic writing |
| title | Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing |
| title_full | Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing |
| title_fullStr | Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing |
| title_short | Profiles of Approaches to Writing and Their Links to Self-Efficacy and LLM Acceptance in L2 Academic Writing |
| title_sort | profiles of approaches to writing and their links to self efficacy and llm acceptance in l2 academic writing |
| topic | approaches to writing writing self-efficacy large language model acceptance L2 academic writing |
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