The mechanism of self-regulated learning among rural primary middle school students: Academic delay of gratification and resilience

Self-regulated learning is an important ability influencing students’ knowledge acquisition, academic performance, creativity development, and even lifelong learning in the long run. Therefore, it is of great significance to investigate the influencing factors and internal mechanism of self-regulated learning for cultivating students’ learning ability. To explore the relationship between resilience, academic delay of gratification and self-regulated learning among rural primary middle school students, a total of 1126 students of 5 rural primary middle schools in Henan province were selected by stratified random sampling and asked to complete the Resilience Questionnaire, Academic Delay of Gratification Scale and Self-regulated Learning Scale. The results showed: the development trend of rural primary middle school students’ self-regulated learning is slightly like the V-shape, specifically, from grade 7 to 8 is on the decline, while from grade 8 to 9 is on the sharp upward curve; resilience positively predicted self-regulated learning among rural primary middle school students; and academic delay of gratification is a partial mediator in the relationship between resilience and self-regulated learning among rural primary middle school students.