The influence of enjoyment, boredom, and burnout on EFL achievement: Based on latent moderated structural equation modeling.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, the boom in the field of positive psychology in second language acquisition research has seen an increasing number of scholars focusing on the individual well-being of second language learners alongside their learning effectiveness. Despite this growing interest, there is a need to further investigate the specific emotional factors influencing academic achievement in foreign language learning. This study investigates the impact of three emotions-enjoyment, boredom, and burnout-on academic achievement, and the moderating role of academic buoyancy. Data were collected from 563 college English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) students from China's mainland using latent moderated structural equation modeling with Mplus. The results of the latent bivariate correlation analysis showe

SUBMITTER: Zhou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11392390 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature