Associations between EFL students’ L2 grit, boredom coping strategies, and emotion regulation strategies: a structural equation modeling approach

ABSTRACTThis study intended to explore the relations between 259 Turkish EFL students’ L2 grit (i.e. the persistence of effort and consistency of interest) and boredom coping strategies (i.e. cognitive approach, behavioural approach, cognitive avoidance, and behavioural avoidance) as well as the moderating role of their emotion regulation strategies, viz., reappraisal and suppression. The results of the structural equation modelling (SEM) indicated strong correlations between L2 grit and boredom coping strategies as well as emotional regulation and boredom coping strategies. Moreover, the correlation between L2 grit and emotional regulation was found moderately strong. Although L2 grit was entirely a strong predictor of boredom coping strategies, it was indicated to be a stronger predictor of cognitive approach to cope with boredom. Additionally, the results showed that L2 grit was a significant predictor of boredom coping strategies, whereas emotion regulation did not significantly moderate this prediction. Pedagogical implications are discussed regarding the significance of grit in L2 contexts.KEYWORDS: L2 gritboredom coping strategiesemotion regulation strategies AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful for the insightful comments suggested by the editor and the anonymous reviewers.Authors’ contributionAll authors have materially participated in the research and article preparation. Additionally, all authors have approved the final article.Consent to participateInformed consent to participate was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.Consent for publicationInformed consent for publication was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.Data availability statementThe datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).