This study explores the structure of stress mindsets within academic contexts and examines their associations with academic-related emotional (academic anxiety, school burnout) and behavioral (self-handicapping, proactive, and challenge-seeking behaviors) outcomes among Chinese adolescent students. Results supported a two-factor model of academic…

Introduction: Originally, the concept of emotional labor comes from the sociological work of Hochschild (1983. "The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling." Berkeley: The University of California Press). In recent decades, it has also been defined in approaches of a more psychological nature within a variety of professional…

Despite communicative goals in English language instruction, speaking skills remain underemphasized in Kazakhstani secondary schools where assessment policies prioritize grammar and reading proficiency. This study examined how four experienced EFL teachers conceptualized and implemented speaking instruction within an exam-oriented educational…

The development of self-regulation is influenced by children's experiences at home, with parenting styles and parenting stress being important contextual factors. However, little is known about how parenting styles and stress are related to the emotional (hot) and cognitive (cool) aspects of self-regulation. This study examined the relationships…

This article investigates the "performability" of in-yer-face theater that is "recontextualized" from the British to the Chinese context. We propose an interdisciplinary approach that uses sociolinguistic tools to empirically examine relevant issues for theater translation studies. By analyzing audience reactions from both…

This study, based on responses from 176 intermediate and advanced EFL learners in Chile, explores the perceptions of educational videos in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning among students from different gender groups and academic disciplines, specifically Social Sciences, Humanities, STEM, and Health Sciences. Using an experimental…

This research investigates the critical need to integrate affective and psychomotor domains alongside cognitive development in educational systems to achieve the comprehensive 'Exit Outcomes' of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and align with the National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF) descriptors. Traditional educational approaches…