ERIC Number: EJ1415687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-4632
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7557
Tolerance of Ambiguity, Need for Cognitive Closure and Feeling Like a Different Person When Speaking Different Languages
Agnieszka Ewa Krautz
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v45 n2 p289-305 2024
Feeling like a different person when speaking different languages has been investigated before and attributed to several linguistic as well as psychological factors. Language proficiency, the context of language acquisition, personality traits, emotional intelligence, and the topic of conversation as well as the interlocutor have been found to give rise to this feeling. Here, the discussion of this phenomenon is continued and extended to the investigation of the psychological constructs of tolerance of ambiguity (TA) and need for cognitive closure (NCC) as well as several demographic and linguistic variables, including: age, gender, age of second language acquisition (L2 AoA), and second language (L2) proficiency. Data collected via an online questionnaire from a group of 452 bilingual first language (L1) German -- L2 English speakers were analysed with binary logistic regression (GLM model). The analysis returned five factors, i.e. valuing diverse others, decisiveness, change, participants' gender as well as age, as significant predictors of feeling like a different person (D[superscript 2] = 0.0718). In addition, qualitative thematic analysis revealed that the languages themselves as well as varied levels of language proficiency and distinct cultural backgrounds might be responsible for feeling different.
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency, Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Patterns, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Bilingualism, Native Language, German, English (Second Language), Predictor Variables, Context Effect, Language Usage, Self Concept, Cultural Background, Adults, Ambiguity (Context), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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