scholarly journals A Moderated Mediation Model of Expectancy-Value Interactions, Engagement, and Foreign Language Performance

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110591
Author(s):  
Yajun Wu ◽  
Xia Kang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Expectancy Value ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Self Report Data

Based on the Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT), this study examined the interactive relation between expectancy of success and attainment value, and how they predicate students’ Foreign Language (FL) performance via behavioral engagement. Self-report data were collected from 522 Chinese non-English majors aged 18 to 22 years in their sophomore year. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that expectancy of success and attainment value interacted in predicting Chinese sophomores’ FL performance. The expectancy of success had both direct and indirect effects on FL performance when investigating the mediating role of behavioral engagement. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Control-Value Appraisals, Enjoyment, and Boredom in Mathematics: A Longitudinal Latent Interaction Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1339-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Putwain ◽  
Reinhard Pekrun ◽  
Laura J. Nicholson ◽  
Wendy Symes ◽  
Sandra Becker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Achievement Emotions ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Self Report Data

Based on the control-value theory of achievement emotions, this longitudinal study examined students’ control-value appraisals as antecedents of their enjoyment and boredom in mathematics. Self-report data for appraisals and emotions were collected from 579 students in their final year of primary schooling over three waves. Data were analyzed using latent interaction structural equation modeling. Control-value appraisals predicted emotions interactively depending on which specific subjective value was paired with perceived control. Achievement value amplified the positive relation between perceived control and enjoyment, and intrinsic value reduced the negative relation between perceived control and boredom. These longitudinal findings demonstrate that control and value appraisals, and their interaction, are critically important for the development of students’ enjoyment and boredom over time.

scholarly journals Social psychological accounts of peer emotion transfer in EFL classrooms: A doubly latent multilevel analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 136216882110115
Author(s):  
Kaiqi Shao ◽  
Brian Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Achievement Emotions ◽  
Efl Classrooms

Based on theories of emotion contagion and social appraisal in interpersonal affect transfer and the control-value theory of achievement emotions, the present study examined associations between students’ perceptions of peer emotions and their own self-perceived emotions in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. Data were collected from 103 seventh to ninth grade classrooms ( n = 3,643) using self-report questionnaires. Doubly latent multilevel structural equation modeling showed that perceived peer enjoyment, anxiety and boredom, and students’ corresponding emotions for language learning, were positively related and that the effects of perceived peer enjoyment, anxiety and boredom on corresponding student emotions were mediated by control and value appraisals at the individual level. At the class level, however, the mediation effects were only significant for control appraisal as a mediator of effects on anxiety and value appraisal as a mediator of effects on boredom. Effects were robust across grade level, gender and previous language achievement. The discussion centers on the practical implications of peer emotion interactions for promoting foreign language development in classroom instruction.

Student engagement in the Caribbean region: Exploring its role in the motivation and achievement of Jamaican middle school students

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamica G. Martin ◽  
Andrew J. Martin ◽  
Paul Evans
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
School Students ◽  
Expectancy Value ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Motivation And Achievement

Using an expectancy-value framework, the present investigation is the first to explore the generality of this theorizing and research in the emerging regional context of the Caribbean. Given high underachievement in the Caribbean region, we addressed the need to better understand the role of engagement in students’ academic motivation and achievement. A total of 585 year 6 to 9 students from five Jamaican schools responded to a survey assessing their motivation milieu (academic expectations and values held by their parents, teachers, and peers), their self-motivation (expectancies and values), behavioral engagement (class participation, homework completion, school absenteeism), and their academic achievement (in mathematics, language arts, and science). Structural equation modeling showed that (a) students’ own motivation was influenced by their motivation milieu, and (b) students’ behavioral engagement significantly mediated the relationship between their motivation and their academic achievement. Findings confirm the generality of behavioral engagement effects among students in the developing Caribbean region and represent a novel contribution to the study of developing and emerging educational contexts more broadly.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Coffey ◽  
Marilyn Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data

Both dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions have been found to be associated with less psychological distress. The current study investigated three mechanisms by which mindfulness might exert its beneficial effects: emotion regulation, nonattachment, and reduced rumination. Correlational self-report data were collected from two independent, nonclinical samples of undergraduates. Structural equation modeling was then used to test the role of these three mechanisms in mediating the relationship between mindfulness and a psychological distress factor, consisting of measures for depressive and anxious symptomatology. The model was respecified based on the first sample and retested in the second sample. Results confirmed an inverse relationship between mindfulness and psychological distress. Furthermore, emotion regulation, nonattachment, and rumination significantly mediated this relationship.

scholarly journals Disentangling the contributions of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism to drive for thinness and drive for muscularity

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0253187
Author(s):  
Leonie Hater ◽  
Johanna Schulte ◽  
Katharina Geukes ◽  
Ulrike Buhlmann ◽  
Mitja D. Back
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Drive For Thinness ◽  
Drive For Muscularity ◽  
Body Image Concerns ◽  
Self Report Data ◽  
Muscular Ideal ◽  
Future Work

Body image concerns revolving around body ideals (thin ideal, muscular ideal) are widespread among women. Whereas a stronger preoccupation with ideal physical appearance is often assumed for narcissistic women, previous empirical findings have been mixed. Following a tripartite structure of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism facets, we reexamined whether trait narcissism predicted drive for thinness and drive for muscularity. We further explored the role of importance of appearance as a mediator and moderator of the relation between narcissism and body image concerns. Latent structural equation modeling was applied to self-report data from two independent nonclinical female samples (NSample1 = 224, NSample2 = 342). Results underlined the importance of distinguishing between narcissism facets: Neurotic (but not agentic or antagonistic) narcissism uniquely predicted drive for thinness and drive for muscularity. Importance of appearance mediated but did not robustly moderate these relations. Hence, neurotic narcissistic women (characterized by hypersensitivity, shame, and a fragile self-esteem) are particularly prone to body image concerns. This vulnerability seems partly driven by how much importance they ascribe to their appearance. Future work might build on these insights to further unravel the processes linking neurotic narcissism to body image concerns and how these can be targeted in practical interventions.

scholarly journals Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Mao ◽  
Rui Yang ◽  
Marino Bonaiuto ◽  
Jianhong Ma ◽  
László Harmat
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Flow Experience ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

A growing number of studies suggest that flow experience is associated with life satisfaction, eudaimonic well-being, and the perceived strength of one’s social and place identity. However, little research has placed emphasis on flow and its relations with negative experiences such as anxiety. The current study investigated the relations between flow and anxiety by considering the roles of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy. The study sample included 590 Chinese university students, who were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire on flow, anxiety, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software, in which both factorial analysis and path analysis were performed. Results revealed that the experience of flow negatively predicted anxiety, and both self-esteem and academic self-efficacy fully mediated the path between flow and anxiety. Specifically, self-esteem played a crucial and complete mediating role in this relationship, while academic self-efficacy mediated the path between self-esteem and anxiety. Our findings enrich the literature on flow experience and help with identifying practical considerations for buffering anxiety and more broadly with fostering strategies for promoting psychological sustainability and resilience.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Adult Self-Report: Data from over 11,000 American Adults

Stats ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-474
Author(s):  
Michelle Guerrero ◽  
Matt Hoffmann ◽  
Laura Pulkki-Råback
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Invariance Testing ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data

The first purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Adult Self-Report (ASR) via traditional confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and contemporary exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). The second purpose was to examine the measurement invariance of the ASR subscales across age groups. We used baseline data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. ASR data from 11,773 participants were used to conduct the CFA and ESEM analyses and data from 11,678 participants were used to conduct measurement invariance testing. Fit indices supported both the CFA and ESEM solutions, with the ESEM solution yielding better fit indices. However, several items in the ESEM solution did not sufficiently load on their intended factors and/or cross-loaded on unintended factors. Results from the measurement invariance analysis suggested that the ASR subscales are robust and fully invariant across subgroups of adults formed on the basis of age (18–35 years vs. 36–59 years). Future research should seek to both CFA and ESEM to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the ASR.

Service employees’ personality, customer orientation and customer incivility

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-296
Author(s):  
Sandra A. Kiffin-Petersen ◽  
Geoffrey N. Soutar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Employees ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Experiences ◽  
Core Self

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role customer orientation plays in the relationship between service employees’ personality and their perceived experiences of customer incivility. Design/methodology/approach Service workers from a variety of industries were recruited from an online panel service and asked to complete a self-report on-line questionnaire (n = 253). PLS structural equation modeling was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings Service employees who are high in agreeableness and core self-evaluations are more customer-oriented and, as a result, report fewer customer incivility experiences. Disagreeable and neurotic service employees are more likely to be selling-orientated, but this was unrelated to customer incivility. Research limitations/implications The results are limited because all data are self-report. However, the findings suggest that personality and customer orientation influence employees’ customer incivility experiences. Originality/value Service jobs can be stressful, in part, because employees have to deal with rude and abusive customers. However, little is known about the antecedents to customer incivility from the perspective of the service provider. The present study bridges this gap and provides an understanding of the mechanisms by which targeted employees’ personality characteristics and customer-oriented behaviors influence their experiences of customer incivility. The results suggest two possible pathways to reduce employees’ customer incivility experiences including selection and training activities to develop a high core self-evaluation and more customer-oriented behaviors.

scholarly journals Effect of Social Support on the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Left-Behind Rural Children: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyu Fan ◽  
Xinghua Fan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

There are tens of millions of children left behind by one or both rural-to-urban migrant parents (left-behind children, LBC) in rural China. Compared to non-left-behind children (NLBC), LBC are disadvantaged in psychological adjustment. Research has shown social support can help LBC grow up healthily, but the plausible mechanisms linking support to adjustment remain unclear. The present study investigated the mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) in the above relationship, as well as whether the predictive pathways of support on adjustment and BPNS were moderated by resilience in a sample of 692 LBC and 264 NLBC. Structural equation modeling indicated social support positively predicted LBC’s psychological adjustment, which was completely mediated by BPNS. In addition, the mediating effect was weaker for LBC with higher levels of resilience, which indicated resilience was a necessary asset for LBC’s growth amid the adversity of low social support.

How GHRM is related to green creativity? A moderated mediation model of green transformational leadership and green perceived organizational support

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Hameed ◽  
Rana Muhammad Naeem ◽  
Marria Hassan ◽  
Muhammad Naeem ◽  
Muhammad Nazim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Green Human Resource Management ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to examine the relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) practices and green transformational leadership toward inducing employees' green creativity. Specifically, drawing upon the ability, motivation and opportunity theory, the authors tested how green perceived organizational support (green POS) mediates the link between GHRM practices and employees' green creativity. Furthermore, based on the firm's resource-based view, the authors examine the moderating role of green transformational leadership on the relationship between GHRM practice and green POS.Design/methodology/approachUsing a survey questionnaire, this research was conducted with a multi-source sample of 201 supervisors and their 428 subordinates from organizations working in grocery, food and personal care products in Pakistan.FindingsThe findings of structural equation modeling revealed that green POS plays a mediating role between GHRM and employees' green creativity. The study findings also highlighted that green transformational leadership moderates the positive relationship between GHRM practices and green POS.Practical implicationsOrganizations need to implement GHRM practices to achieve environmental performance. Individuals are likely to recognize themselves with organizations that are engaged in green practices, and therefore, organizations can get benefits from implementing GHRM practices.Originality/valueThis research explores green POS and green transformational leadership as novel mechanisms through which GHRM practices influence employees' green creativity in organizations. In addition, the authors empirically examined our theorized relationships in the South Asian context.

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