Investigating the roles of academic emotions in the relationship between agentic engagement and EFL achievement among Chinese undergraduate students.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationships among agentic engagement, academic emotions, and English as a foreign language (EFL) achievement in Chinese undergraduate students, with a focus on variations across grade levels. Utilizing a quantitative design, data were collected from 221 English majors (111 first-year and 110 fourth-year undergraduate students) via questionnaires assessing agentic engagement and academic emotions, alongside English examination scores. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS Amos to explore moderating and mediating effects. Results reveal that none of the academic emotions showed significant moderating effects. Pride stands out because it fully mediated the impact of agentic engagement on English achievement across the entire sample (indirect effect = 0.246, p

SUBMITTER: He H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12753975 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature