The Effects of Personality Traits on Learning Engagement among College Students: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation
ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Educational Psychology
Volume 15 – 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1476437
Provisionally accepted
Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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Introduction: As we all know, learning engagement is a key indicator for measuring the quality of students’ learning outcome and assessing their learning effectiveness. However, the relationship among personality traits, emotion regulation, and learning engagement has not been thoroughly studied.Methods: This study aims to investigate the relationship among personality traits, emotion regulation and learning engagement. A questionnaire survey was conducted on some college students in Shandong Province, China.Results: The results show that: (1) there are no significant differences in Big Five Personality Traits, learning engagement, and emotion regulation by gender, grade level, and subject category to which the major belongs. (2) The personality traits of college students can directly affect learning engagement. (3) Emotion regulation partially mediates the relationship between personality traits and learning engagement.Discussion: The study reveals the importance of personality traits and emotion regulation on students’ learning. It has a significant meaning in enhancing students’ learning engagement level.
Keywords:
personality traits, Big Five Personality Traits, Learning engagement, Emotion Regulation, mediation effect
Received:
05 Aug 2024;
Accepted:
27 Dec 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Zhenguo Xu, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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