ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Educational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1617592
This article is part of the Research TopicAttachment Theory in Educational PsychologyView all articles
The relationship between teacher care behavior and English learning performance: A serial multiple mediation model
Provisionally accepted
- Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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This study explores the link between Teacher Care Behavior (TCB) and English Learning Performance (ELP), examining a serial multiple mediation of English Learning Motivation (ELM), English learning Engagement (ELE), English Selfefficacy (ESE), and English learning Strategies (ELS). A questionnaire survey assessed these factors, with ELP based on CET-4 (College English test-band 4) scores. The serial multiple mediation model revealed TCB positively predicts ELP through two motivational-cognitive chains based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). The SDT-driven motivational pathway is TCB→ELM→ELE→ELP and SCT-driven cognitive-efficacy pathway is TCB→ESE→ELS→ELP. These findings offer new insights into TCB and student psychological mechanisms in foreign language (FL) learning, providing a theoretical and practical basis for optimizing the learning environment and enhancing outcomes.
Keywords: Teacher care behavior, Learning motivation, Learning engagement, Selfefficacy, English learning performance
Received: 24 Apr 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Dongmei Wang, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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