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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol., 17 December 2025

Sec. Educational Psychology

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1751061

Correction: Leave or stay? A narrative inquiry of tensions in novice English teachers' professional identity construction at China's private universities

  • 1. School of Humanities and International Studies, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, China

  • 2. The School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, The Faculty of Arts and Education, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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The reference for “Kaye, D. (2023). The effect of self-discrepancies on emotions and life satisfaction. Biomed. Sci. Clin. Res. 2, 94–99” was erroneously included in the article. This reference has been removed from the article, and its in-text citation has now been removed from Section 3 “Theoretical framework,” Subsection 3.3 “Self-discrepancy theory,” Paragraph 2.

Schlechter et al. (2022) was not cited in the article. The citation has now been inserted in Section 3 “Theoretical framework,” Subsection 3.3 “Self-discrepancy theory,” Paragraph 2 and should read:

“In the construction of professional images, discrepancies between two self-concepts produce emotional issues or psychological discomfort (Higgins, 1987). The discrepancy between actual self and ideal self will result in dejection-related emotions (disappointment, dissatisfaction, shame) (Schlechter et al., 2022).”

The reference for Schlechter et al. (2022) has been added to the references list.

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    Schlechter P. Hellmann J. H. Morina N. (2022). Self-discrepancy, depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being: the role of affective style and self-efficacy. Cogn. Ther. Res.46, 10751086. doi: 10.1007/s10608-022-10314-z

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narrative inquiry, novice English teacher, professional identity construction, tensions, private university

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Zhang X (2025) Correction: Leave or stay? A narrative inquiry of tensions in novice English teachers' professional identity construction at China's private universities. Front. Psychol. 16:1751061. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1751061

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21 November 2025

Accepted

05 December 2025

Published

17 December 2025

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16 - 2025

Edited and reviewed by

Francisco Alcantud-Marín, University of Valencia, Spain

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*Correspondence: Xiangchen Zhang,

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