Ideological and political education, as an important part of cultivating students’ correct world outlook and values, has attracted much attention. However, there is a lack of sufficient research into the influence of first-class ideological and political education courses on students’ learning anxiety.

This study took the first-class curriculum innovation of ideological and political education as the research direction, selected students receiving ideological and political education as the research objects, and used tools such as Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire (SASRQ) and 3-minute Disorder Assessment Scale (3D-CAM) to assess students’ learning anxiety symptoms. The State statistical analysis method was used to compare the changes of learning anxiety symptoms of students before and after receiving ideological and political education.

The results showed that before receiving ideological and political education, students had more common symptoms of learning anxiety (SASRQ score was 7.2 on average). After receiving ideological and political education, students’ learning anxiety symptoms improved significantly (SASRQ score was 4.8 on average), showing an obvious downward trend.

The research shows that the innovation of the first-class curriculum of ideological and political education has a positive effect on students’ learning anxiety symptoms. Through the study of ideological and political courses, students can reduce anxiety and improve social, thinking and value cognition. Therefore, attaching importance to the innovation of ideological and political education and providing support measures in higher education can help alleviate the symptoms of students’ learning anxiety and promote their all-round development.

Phased research results of Guangdong Ocean University Student Party and League and class construction studio.