Author(s)

Yuechen Zhao ¹, Wei Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China

Corresponding Author

Yuechen Zhao

ABSTRACT

The present study adopted a quantitative methodology to explore the correlated relationship between English majors' self-efficacy and Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs), and further investigate to what extent English majors' DMCs can be predicted by their self-efficacy among sixty-one English majors. In this study, the General Self-efficacy Scale and the DMC Disposition Scale were adopted to collect the quantitative data. The statistical analysis software SPSS 26.0 was used to analyze the collected data. The research findings revealed that English majors' self-efficacy was at a moderate level; Most English majors experienced DMCs and had the core characteristics of DMCs in English learning. Moreover, English majors' self-efficacy had a strongly positive correlation with their DMCs. In addition, English majors' self-efficacy statistically significantly predicted their DMCs. On the basis of the research findings, the present study put forward implications for English teaching practice.

KEYWORDS

Correlated relationship, self-efficacy, Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs)

CITE THIS PAPER

Yuechen Zhao, Wei Zhang, A Study on the Correlation between Self-Efficacy and Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) of Chinese English Majors. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 133-138. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050221.

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