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The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self
In recent years, a greater focus has been placed on the influential power of domain-general psychological properties in second language acquisition and learning. The investigations of these properties, such as grit, academic procrastination and enjoyment etc. have been extensively conducted and are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1018633 |
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author | Zhang, Chen Zhang, Wenzhong |
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description | In recent years, a greater focus has been placed on the influential power of domain-general psychological properties in second language acquisition and learning. The investigations of these properties, such as grit, academic procrastination and enjoyment etc. have been extensively conducted and are well-documented. Notwithstanding the surge of academic inquiry, the link between psychopathological notions and second language learning has not been adequately established and thoroughly scrutinized. The current study, therefore, aims to broaden the spectrum of second language research and explore the impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in the second language context. Meanwhile, this research introduces the self-construct, particularly the ideal L2 self to further examine and elucidate the impact. 173 qualified Chinese speakers of L2 English participated in the study. By conducting correlation analysis, regression analysis and structural equation modelling analysis, it was revealed that social phobia had a significant negative impact on L2 willingness to communicate in social situations of meetings and public speaking. Ideal L2 self acted as a complete mediating role in the impact. Pedagogical implications and future directions were proposed and discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-96697962022-11-18 The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self Zhang, Chen Zhang, Wenzhong Front Psychol Psychology In recent years, a greater focus has been placed on the influential power of domain-general psychological properties in second language acquisition and learning. The investigations of these properties, such as grit, academic procrastination and enjoyment etc. have been extensively conducted and are well-documented. Notwithstanding the surge of academic inquiry, the link between psychopathological notions and second language learning has not been adequately established and thoroughly scrutinized. The current study, therefore, aims to broaden the spectrum of second language research and explore the impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in the second language context. Meanwhile, this research introduces the self-construct, particularly the ideal L2 self to further examine and elucidate the impact. 173 qualified Chinese speakers of L2 English participated in the study. By conducting correlation analysis, regression analysis and structural equation modelling analysis, it was revealed that social phobia had a significant negative impact on L2 willingness to communicate in social situations of meetings and public speaking. Ideal L2 self acted as a complete mediating role in the impact. Pedagogical implications and future directions were proposed and discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9669796/ /pubmed/36405217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1018633 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhang and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Zhang, Chen Zhang, Wenzhong The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title | The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title_full | The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title_fullStr | The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title_short | The impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: The mediation effect of ideal L2 self |
title_sort | impact of social phobia on willingness to communicate in a second language: the mediation effect of ideal l2 self |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1018633 |
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