Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value
This study aims to explore the longitudinal mediation effects of college students’ perceived task value (PTV) between perceived teacher enthusiasm (PTE) and class-related boredom (CB). We conducted a longitudinal survey among college students from five colleges at the second (T1), sixth (T2), tenth...
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| author | Guan-yu Cui Guan-yu Cui Jing-yi Chen Jing-yi Chen Chen Wang Chen Wang Chen Zhang Chen Zhang Xia Zhang Yun-jun Hu |
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| description | This study aims to explore the longitudinal mediation effects of college students’ perceived task value (PTV) between perceived teacher enthusiasm (PTE) and class-related boredom (CB). We conducted a longitudinal survey among college students from five colleges at the second (T1), sixth (T2), tenth (T3), and fourteenth week (T4) in a semester, and overall 1,371 students completed all the measurements. In the survey, a battery of questionnaires was used to measure the students’ PTE, perception of task difficulty, perception of task value, and CB. At T1, boredom proneness was measured as a control variable. Analysis of the longitudinal data showed that after controlling for the effects of boredom proneness and perceived task difficulty, students’ PTE was a significant predictor of CB, and students’ PTV played a significant mediating role in this causation relationship. The study supported the importance of the control-value theory in explaining the mitigating effect of students’ PTE on CB, especially highlighting the role of PTV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f7a582cb1144ca981c010156e80306f2022-12-21T21:32:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-09-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.712441712441Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task ValueGuan-yu Cui0Guan-yu Cui1Jing-yi Chen2Jing-yi Chen3Chen Wang4Chen Wang5Chen Zhang6Chen Zhang7Xia Zhang8Yun-jun Hu9Department of Psychology, School of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Psychology and Behavior, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Psychology and Behavior, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaCenter for Brain, Mind and Education, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, ChinaSchool of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Psychology and Behavior, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Henan Medical College, Zhengzhou, ChinaDepartment of Students’ Affairs, Wenzhou University of Technology, Wenzhou, ChinaThis study aims to explore the longitudinal mediation effects of college students’ perceived task value (PTV) between perceived teacher enthusiasm (PTE) and class-related boredom (CB). We conducted a longitudinal survey among college students from five colleges at the second (T1), sixth (T2), tenth (T3), and fourteenth week (T4) in a semester, and overall 1,371 students completed all the measurements. In the survey, a battery of questionnaires was used to measure the students’ PTE, perception of task difficulty, perception of task value, and CB. At T1, boredom proneness was measured as a control variable. Analysis of the longitudinal data showed that after controlling for the effects of boredom proneness and perceived task difficulty, students’ PTE was a significant predictor of CB, and students’ PTV played a significant mediating role in this causation relationship. The study supported the importance of the control-value theory in explaining the mitigating effect of students’ PTE on CB, especially highlighting the role of PTV.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712441/fullteacher enthusiasmtask valueclass-related boredomlongitudinal mediation effectsdampening effects |
| spellingShingle | Guan-yu Cui Guan-yu Cui Jing-yi Chen Jing-yi Chen Chen Wang Chen Wang Chen Zhang Chen Zhang Xia Zhang Yun-jun Hu Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value Frontiers in Psychology teacher enthusiasm task value class-related boredom longitudinal mediation effects dampening effects |
| title | Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value |
| title_full | Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value |
| title_fullStr | Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value |
| title_short | Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value |
| title_sort | dampening effects of perceived teacher enthusiasm on class related boredom in college students longitudinal mediation effects of perceived task value |
| topic | teacher enthusiasm task value class-related boredom longitudinal mediation effects dampening effects |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712441/full |
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