Investigating Chinese Parents' Growth Mindset and Their Parenting Practices in Children's English Learning

IF 3.6 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal of Education Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1111/ejed.70227

Chenggang Liang, Nan Zhou, Shulin Yu

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Abstract

While an emerging body of research has linked parenting practices to children's learning achievement, limited attention has been paid to parenting practices in children's English learning. Utilising data from 702 7th graders (50.14% girls), the study examined how children's perceptions of their parents' growth mindset predicted children's English motivation and engagement via children's perceptions of parental psychological control and autonomy support in the Chinese EFL context. Results indicated that children's perceived parents' growth mindset was positively associated with children's English adaptive motivation and engagement via perceived parental autonomy support, while negatively associated with children's English maladaptive motivation and engagement through perceived parental psychological control. Notably, child reciprocal filial piety was found to amplify the negative associations between perceived parental psychological control and children's maladaptive English motivation. By contrast, child authoritarian filial piety could buffer the negative associations between perceived parental psychological control and children's English engagement. The study provides a nuanced examination of the mediating and moderating mechanisms of parenting practices in children's English learning in Chinese EFL contexts. Relevant implications for parenting practices in children's English learning and potential directions for future research are discussed.

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中国父母的成长心态及其对儿童英语学习的教育实践

虽然越来越多的研究将父母的做法与孩子的学习成绩联系起来，但对儿童英语学习中父母的做法的关注却很少。本研究利用702名七年级学生（50.14%为女生）的数据，考察了儿童对父母成长心态的感知如何通过儿童对父母心理控制和自主支持的感知来预测儿童在中国英语环境下的英语动机和投入。结果表明，儿童感知父母成长心态通过感知父母自主支持与儿童英语适应动机和投入正相关，而通过感知父母心理控制与儿童英语适应不良动机和投入负相关。值得注意的是，儿童互惠孝道被发现放大了感知父母心理控制与儿童英语适应不良动机之间的负相关。相反，儿童专制孝道可以缓冲感知父母心理控制与儿童英语投入之间的负相关。本研究对中国英语环境下父母教养行为对儿童英语学习的中介和调节机制进行了细致入微的考察。本文还讨论了父母行为对儿童英语学习的影响以及未来研究的潜在方向。

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European Journal of Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The prime aims of the European Journal of Education are: - To examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and programmes of European countries in an international perspective - To disseminate policy debates and research results to a wide audience of academics, researchers, practitioners and students of education sciences - To contribute to the policy debate at the national and European level by providing European administrators and policy-makers in international organisations, national and local governments with comparative and up-to-date material centred on specific themes of common interest.