Perfectionism, Self-Efficacy Components, and Metacognitive Listening Strategy Use: A Multicategorical Multiple Mediation
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Perfectionism, Self‑Efficacy Components, and Metacognitive Listening Strategy Use: A Multicategorical Multiple Mediation Analysis Mohammad Hasan Razmi1 · Ali Akbar Jabbari1 · Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar1
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Abstract The present investigation examined the effect of perfectionism on metacognitive listening strategy (MLS) use through the components of self-efficacy (initiative, effort, and persistence) among a sample of 117 Iranian English as a Foreign Language university students. Cluster analysis was utilized to identify the perfectionistic clusters. The resulting analysis yielded a three-cluster solution (adaptive, maladaptive, and non-perfectionist). Multicategorical multiple mediation analysis was then used to explore the relative direct, indirect, and total effects and to test the postulated hypotheses of the study. Results indicated that adaptive perfectionism was associated with higher levels of effort and persistence, leading to greater MLS use. Regarding the initiative subscale, no significant differences were observed among the three perfectionist groups. Maladaptive perfectionists showed high levels of effort investment but not persistence. Mediation analysis did not support self-efficacy components as the mediators of the relationship between perfectionism and MLS use. Among self-efficacy components, only effort exerted a positive effect on MLS use. Results are discussed in terms of implications for future research and classroom practice. Keywords Perfectionism · Self-efficacy · Metacognitive listening strategies · Cluster analysis · Multicategorical multiple mediation analysis
Introduction In recent decades, metacognitive listening strategy (MLS) use has been one of the major interesting subjects in second language acquisition research and there is a large volume of published studies describing metacognitive strategy use in listening skill development (e.g.
* Ali Akbar Jabbari [email protected] Mohammad Hasan Razmi [email protected] Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar [email protected] 1
Department of Language and Literature, Yazd University, Safaie, 8915818155 Yazd, Iran
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Xu and Huang 2018; Bozorgian and Alamdari 2018; Vandergrift and Tafaghodtari 2010; Goh 2008; Vandergrift 2004). A key issue pertinent to the effective application of metacognitive strategies on the part of the learners is its inter-individually variable nature due to a plethora of psychological, social, and contextual factors at play. Specifically, learners may exhibit different levels of metacognitive strategy use according to their psychological propensities that may vary from learner to learner (Goh 2008). Therefore, research on MLS use demands an in-depth analysis of individual differences in psychological predispositions and personality attributes. In particular, among personality factors, perfectionism as a multidimensional personality construct can offer a promising path towards understandin
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