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Leonidas A. Zampetakis – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2024
In the last decade, research on the connection between curiosity and creativity has surged revealing a positive correlation. However, these findings are primarily based on cross-sectional studies, which do not establish the direction of the relationship between creativity and curiosity. Is curiosity the driving force behind creativity, or does…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries
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Hao Zhang; Shihan Chen; Sen Zheng – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Based on the instructional interaction principles outlined by Chen and Wang (2016) in third-generation distance learning, this study employs a recursive logical perspective on the evolution of the theory of interaction in distance education. It constructs a structural equation model to measure the mediating utility path of the learner's proactive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Assertiveness, Interaction, Distance Education
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Ahmet Kara – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
The general purpose of this research is to test the applicability of the career construction model with the structural equation model in explaining the relationships between adaptive readiness (personality traits and hope), adaptability resources (career adaptability) and adapting responses (career decision-making self-efficacy). This research was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Career Change, Career Development
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Hong Shi; Shuqi Quan – World Journal of Education, 2024
An increasing number of research is focusing on L2 grit, which plays a significant role in SLA. But few studies examine the factors that affect L2 grit. This study investigates the internal predictors influencing L2 grit in Chinese college students, specifically focusing on L2 willingness to communicate (WTC), L2 anxiety and L2 joy. A structural…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Personality Traits, Second Language Instruction
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Fakieh Alrabai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study utilises a holistic approach of positive psychology (PP) in the second language acquisition (SLA) domain to test a model of willingness to communicate in English language (L2WTC) among 328 Saudi learners. The model examines how potential connections among learners' negative emotions (anxiety and boredom), positive emotions (enjoyment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, English (Second Language)
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Majid Elahi Shirvan; Abdullah Alamer – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the recent attention to language-domain-specific grit in the field of SLA and the scarcity of research on the antecedents of L2 grit, we proposed a model that links L2 learners' basic psychological needs (BPN) (i.e. autonomy, competence, and relatedness), L2 grit (i.e. perseverance of effort (PE) and consistency of interest (CI)), and L2…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Needs, Academic Persistence, Personality Traits