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ERIC Number: EJ1417976
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
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EISSN: EISSN-2395-9908
Moving Second Language Acquisition One Step Forward: Validating an Inventory of Positive Psychology in Language Learning
Elnaz Oladrostam; Abbasali Rezaee
MEXTESOL Journal, v43 n4 2019
Positive psychology, which has emerged as a major force since the turn of the 21st century, focuses on the constructive effects of positive emotions (Fredrickson, 2001; Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2014). The purpose of this study was to establish a measure of positive psychology in language learning. To this aim, the researchers developed a 54-item questionnaire after conducting semi-structured interviews with teachers. The questionnaire was piloted with 369 EFL learners. The results of running exploratory factor analysis indicated that nine items did not show high factor loadings. Therefore, the questionnaire was revised and administered to 385 participants. The results also showed that the six factors extracted by the principal axis factoring (PFA) accounted for 52.08 percent of the variance. The confirmatory factor analysis run on the data showed construct validity of the "inventory of positive psychology in language learning" or ''IPPLL.'' Moreover, non-significant chi-square, ratio of chi-square over the degree of freedom, the root mean square of error approximation (RMSEA), and Holeter index of sampling adequacy all indicated that the model showed a good fit.
MEXTESOL Journal. Bernardo Couto 48, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Alcadía Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico, 06880, Mexico. Tel: +55-55-66-87-49; e-mail: mextesoljournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.mextesol.net/journal/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran (Tehran)
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