Foreign Languages Department, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, China.
Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, Washington State University, 1155 College Avenue, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2023 Apr;52(2):569-587. doi: 10.1007/s10936-022-09910-7. Epub 2022 Aug 22.
Reflecting an alternative model comparison framework and grounded in Bandura's self-efficacy theory and in western and Chinese English Public Speaking (EPS) competences literature, we examine the possibility of a hierarchical structure of the EPS self-efficacy construct. In particular, we contrast an established first-order model of the EPS self-efficacy with two higher-order rival models, testing for subordinate (second-order model) versus nested (bifactor model) relationships in a sample of 203 Chinese EFL college students. From a theoretical perspective, the results supported the bifactor model as a strong conceptual foundation for understanding the EPS self-efficacy construct as nested. From a practical perspective, this conceptualization would allow for gauging EPS self-efficacy development both holistically and by subdomains. From a research methodology perspective, this study is among the first to bring the bifactor model into the broader field of L2 research. Other implications are discussed.
我们借鉴了一种替代的模型比较框架，以班杜拉的自我效能理论和中西方英语口语（EPS）能力文献为基础，考察了 EPS 自我效能感结构的层级结构的可能性。具体来说，我们对比了 EPS 自我效能感的一个既定一阶模型和两个高阶竞争模型，在 203 名中国 EFL 大学生样本中检验了从属（二阶模型）与嵌套（双因素模型）关系。从理论角度来看，结果支持双因素模型作为理解嵌套 EPS 自我效能感结构的有力概念基础。从实际角度来看，这种概念化可以全面和通过子领域来衡量 EPS 自我效能感的发展。从研究方法的角度来看，本研究首次将双因素模型引入到更广泛的二语研究领域。其他的影响也进行了讨论。
