Positive psychological traits and emotions are significantly and positively correlated with SL/FL learning performance and can predict it¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across reviewed studies, positive psychological traits and positive emotional experiences were positively correlated with language test results and could predict language performance. → Jia 2025

Evidence¶

Jia 2025¶

Miao, J., Tian, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, B., & Ma, L. (2025). An analysis of the empirical research on SL/FL teaching and learning based on positive psychology: a systematic literature review. BMC Psychology, 13, 319. doi:10.1186/s40359-025-02576-5

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports that across the 45 empirical studies, participants' self-assessment and language test data showed positive correlations between positive psychological traits/emotions and test results, and that these could "predict language performance".

"The results of the participants’ self-assessment and language tests’ quantitative analysis revealed that psychological traits and positive emotional experiences were positively correlated with test results and could predict language performance."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Personality Traits — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Grit and enjoyment are key positive-psychology predictors of language learning success — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Positive psychology interventions improve SL/FL learning performance, engagement and well-being — a broader claim this one bears on
• Positive psychology enhances SL/FL learning engagement and well-being — related
• Aggregated state emotions show no superior incremental predictive validity over self-reported traits for academic outcomes; traits corrected for states were only systematically correlated with criteria for enjoyment and somewhat for pride — reports the opposite
• Individual differences such as trait emotional intelligence and learner autonomy shape emotional experiences during language development — related