Yuyang Cai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3655112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuyang Cai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuyang |
| FAMILY NAME | Cai |
| SIGNATURE | CAI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shanghai University of International Business and Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0320-4602 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the nonlinear relationships among self-efficacy, metacognitive strategies, and English achievement
Self-efficacy and metacognitive strategies play important roles in determining English achievement. However, how they interact with each other remains understudied. Moreover, an emerging theory called the Island Ridge Curve (IRC) contends that the effects of cognitive and motivational factors on language performance fluctuate with the increase in language proficiency. The current study explored the interplay between self-efficacy and metacognitiv…
Exploring the interaction between growth mindset and self-efficacy in predicting English as a foreign language learning achievement
Growth mindset has been a hot topic in English as a second or foreign language (L2) research. Despite its popularity, a growth mindset is not always found to benefit L2 learning achievement. A major reason for this complexity has been ascribed to the interference of other variables. The current study focused on the interplay between self-efficacy and growth mindset in impacting L2 (English) learning achievement. Specifically, the study tested thr…
Exploring the relationship between reading literacy and creativity competence
The role of uncertainty tolerance in lowering test anxiety and enhancing English achievement
When the situated expectancy-value theory meets the Island Ridge Curve
Background Situated expectancy-value theory (SEVT) is a prominent motivation framework explaining how expectancy (e.g. self-concept) and value factors (e.g. utility value) predict learning achievement. However, existing second/foreign language (L2) motivation studies usually assume a linear relationship between these factors and L2 achievement. The Island Ridge Curve (IRC) offers a theoretical alternative, positing that the effects of cognitive a…
Reading Enjoyment and Reading Strategies Mediating the Relationship Between Perceived Teacher Feedback and Reading Achievement
Teacher feedback has been considered a potent lever for promoting learning. However, empirical studies often fail to reveal a positive relationship between feedback and learning outcomes. To unveil the complex mechanisms through which teacher feedback works, scholars have increasingly investigated student factors that can enable its benefits. Grounded in feedback literacy and self-regulated learning (SRL) theories, the present study explored the …
Do dimensional comparison effects apply to the achievement and self-concept relationship in the context of English medium instruction?
A critical concern for English Medium Instruction (EMI) programs is the relationship between learning English and mastering subject content. While existing studies on EMI have mainly focused on transferring cognitive factors across learning in English and non-English subjects, very few have explored the transmission of motivational factors (e.g. self-concept) between learning in the two domains. We examined how achievements in English and maths i…
Gauging Interaction in Situated Expectancy-Value Theory
The moderating role of teacher collaboration in the association between job satisfaction and job performance
The roles of student enjoyment of reading and teacher job satisfaction in socio-economic inequality in reading achievement
The interplay between long-term orientation and expectancy-value factors in determining Business English proficiency
Situated expectancy-value theory emphasizes the role of cultural context in shaping expectancy-value factors such as self-efficacy and utility value. Long-term orientation, as a cultural value, reflects a holistic view of time valuing both the past and the future. Although it is viewed as related to motivational beliefs, few studies investigating educational outcomes have examined long-term orientation, self-efficacy, and utility value concurrent…
Uncovering the nonlinear relationship between metacognitive strategy use and L2 achievement from the lens of the Island Ridge Curve
Metacognitive strategies are essential to second/foreign language (L2) acquisition. However, the individualized use of metacognitive strategies and their relation to L2 learning has been understudied. Guided by the theory of the Island Ridge Curve (IRC), the current study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to explore university students’ unique patterns of metacognitive strategy use during L2 (English) acquisition. A total of 1180 undergraduates …
Can self-efficacy and metacognitive strategies mitigate the effect of textual unfamiliarity on reading test performance? Reframing test validation through the lens of test-taker agency
A scale for assessing the health of children aged 3–6 years in China
Background Based on the Chinese Medicine constitution, this study developed a questionnaire specifically tailored for preschool children. Methods First, a TCM constitution scale for children aged 3–6 years was developed using face-to-face interviews, Delphi expert consultation, and Classical Test Theory (CTT). The Delphi method was conducted via email, and five CTT indicators were selected: decision value–critical ratio, dispersion trend, item–to…
The double‐edged sword effect of reading self‐concept on math achievement
A common belief underlying the dimensional comparison theory is that reading self‐concept has a positive relation to reading achievement but a negative relation to math achievement. However, this belief is incomplete and potentially misleading as supporting evidence is usually derived from studies without simultaneously considering the mediated effect of reading self‐concept through reading achievement. The current study examined the direct and i…
Examining the association between boredom and English achievement in the contexts of self-efficacy and English proficiency levels
Examining the mediation of engagement between self-efficacy and language achievement
Numerous studies have shown that students’ belief in their ability to execute behaviours to successfully perform second/foreign language (L2) tasks (i.e. self-efficacy) is positively related to their L2 achievement. However, self-efficacy alone does not automatically lead to successful L2 achievement but has to be mediated by other psychological traits, such as language engagement, that are more directly related to task performance. Regardless, s…
Teacher support as a context of growth mindset in predicting reading achievement
The role of perspective-taking in mediating the relationship between teacher feedback and reading achievement
Metacognitive strategy use in foreign language learning fluctuates from both ends towards the middle
This study examined the different patterns of metacognitive strategy use, their variations across time, and the relation of this variation to English as a foreign language (L2) development. This study involved 2126 7th graders from 16 schools in Hong Kong. Metacognitive strategy questionnaire data and English test scores were collected three times at one-year intervals. Data were analyzed using latent profile analysis (LPA) and latent transition …
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and its cognitive determinants among older adults in Shanghai, China, during the Covid-19 epidemic
Objectives This study aimed to examine the coverage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and its cognitive determinants among older adults. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire to conduct a survey among 725 Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above in June 2022, 2 months after the mass COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China. The questionnaire covered demographic characteristics, COVID-19 vaccination s…
Emotional contagion
Profiles of Approaches to Learning and the Relationship with Academic School Readiness in Chinese Preschoolers
Research Findings: The study examined the latent profiles of approaches to learning (ATL) in Chinese preschoolers and the association of profile membership with their academic school readiness. A total of 235 preschoolers (Mage = 58.07 months, SD = 10.09 months) were sampled and evaluated with the School Readiness Composite (SRC) of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised, and early achievement tests in language and literacy and mathematics excep…
The interplay between teacher empathy, students’ sense of school belonging, and learning achievement
Psychological state and its correlates of local college students in Wuhan during Covid‐19 pandemic
In 2020, the lockdown of Wuhan due to the outbreak of COVID-19 impacted various aspects of local college students' life and may further negatively affect their psychological state. This study was conducted among 652 Wuhan local college students during the quarantine of this city. We assessed their psychological state using Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale 21 and evaluated their living condition including diet, schedule, recreational activities, so…
Exploring the interplay between socioeconomic status and reading achievement
BackgroundSocioeconomic status (SES) and motivation are both important predictors of student achievement. However, most studies have investigated these factors separately, and very few have looked into the interplay between SES and motivation as determinants of student reading achievement.AimsWe intend to bridge this gap by examining a model of SES predicting reading achievement through motivation (i.e., expectancy and value) at both student and …
Metacognitive strategies and self-efficacy co-shape L2 achievement
Society-level social axiom moderates the association between growth mindset and achievement across cultures
BackgroundMeta-analytic studies show that the benefits of the growth mindset on academic achievement are heterogenous. Past studies have explored how individual characteristics and proximal environmental factors could explain these variations, but the role of the broader sociocultural environment has seldom been explored.AimsWe investigated society-level social axioms to explain variations in growth mindset effects on achievement across cultures.…
Personal investment theory
Subjective wellbeing and emotion regulation strategies
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the world, creating significant impact on people's lives and subjective wellbeing. While previous studies have shown that students' wellbeing and how they manage their emotions are critical to students' learning, less research has considered their specific impacts on student engagement in online learning.AimsThe aim of this study is to examine how students' subjective wellbei…
Societal-level utility value strengthens the relationship between student-level utility value and achievement
BackgroundExpectancy-value theory posits that higher levels of utility-value yield better achievement outcomes. Much of the existing research on utility value has focused on the individual as the unit of analysis. Person-culture fit theory, however, suggests that it is also important to consider the fit between the person and the broader society one is embedded in. The greater the fit, the more optimal outcomes ensue. However, to our knowledge pa…
Metacognitive strategy use in foreign language learning fluctuates from both ends towards the middle
This study examined the different patterns of metacognitive strategy use, their variations across time, and the relation of this variation to English as a foreign language (L2) development. This study involved 2126 7th graders from 16 schools in Hong Kong. Metacognitive strategy questionnaire data and English test scores were collected three times at one-year intervals. Data were analyzed using latent profile analysis (LPA) and latent transition …
Social inequalities in neighborhood visual walkability
Personal investment theory
Autonomy is equally important across East and West
INTRODUCTION: Self-determination theory (SDT) posits the importance of three basic psychological needs (i.e., relatedness, autonomy, and competence) in promoting achievement. However, some cross-cultural researchers have cast doubt on the generalizability of the theory to non-Western cultures. The primary aim of the study was to test whether provision of support for relatedness, autonomy, and competence would be associated with achievement across…
Time to stop the use of ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ or ‘Chinese virus’ across the scientific community
box In many areas of the world, phrases such as ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ have been frequently used by laypeople, influential politicians and mass media to refer to the virus SARS-CoV-2 that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Naming a virus after a geographic location or group of people is not unheard-of, for example, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and the Legionnaires’ disease.2 However, having precedence is not a…
Multiscale identification of urban functional polycentricity for planning implications
Mapping the fluctuating effect of strategy use ability on English reading performance for nursing students
An essential hypothesis of modern language assessment theory pertains to the interaction between strategy use ability (strategic competence) and second language knowledge. However, how they interact with each other is rarely explored. Drawing on relevant research in the literature, in this paper we proposed three interaction patterns (i.e., linear, quadratic, and cuboid) in which language knowledge moderates the effect of strategy use ability on …
Do secondary school-leaving English examination results predict university students’ academic writing performance? A latent profile analysis
Secondary school-leaving English examination results are often regarded as indicators of students’ competence to study in English-medium universities, which is usually demonstrated through source-based academic writing. In English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) contexts, many English-medium universities require local undergraduates to enrol in an academic writing course, unless they received outstanding English results in secondary sch…
The promise and perils of Unit 731 data to advance Covid-19 research
box Emerging evidence shows that the COVID-19 is mutating1; as of April 2021, COVID-19 mutations are identified in most of the countries worldwide.2 The scale and scope of these mutations could have a devastating effect on global pandemic control and vaccine development efforts.3 4 Furthering this perspective, the first mutation identified in the UK, the B.1.1.7 variant, is up to 70% more transmissible and 35% more deadly than the original corona…
Mental health consequences of Covid-19 media coverage
During global pandemics, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), crisis communication is indispensable in dispelling fears, uncertainty, and unifying individuals worldwide in a collective fight against health threats. Inadequate crisis communication can bring dire personal and economic consequences. Mounting research shows that seemingly endless newsfeeds related to COVID-19 infection and death rates could considerably increase the risk of m…
Investigating the effectiveness of re-opening policies before vaccination during a pandemic
COVID-19; Risk of re-opening; Effectiveness of re-opening policies; IPC measures; SD modelling
Societal-level utility value strengthens the relationship between student-level utility value and achievement
BackgroundExpectancy-value theory posits that higher levels of utility-value yield better achievement outcomes. Much of the existing research on utility value has focused on the individual as the unit of analysis. Person-culture fit theory, however, suggests that it is also important to consider the fit between the person and the broader society one is embedded in. The greater the fit, the more optimal outcomes ensue. However, to our knowledge pa…
Society-level social axiom moderates the association between growth mindset and achievement across cultures
BackgroundMeta-analytic studies show that the benefits of the growth mindset on academic achievement are heterogenous. Past studies have explored how individual characteristics and proximal environmental factors could explain these variations, but the role of the broader sociocultural environment has seldom been explored.AimsWe investigated society-level social axioms to explain variations in growth mindset effects on achievement across cultures.…
What “Family Affair?” Domestic Violence Awareness in China
Introduction: Domestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed. To further complicate the issue, mounting research shows that COVID-19 has further exacerbated domestic violence across the world. Situations could be even more pronounced in countries like China, where though domestic violence is prevalent, there is a dearth of research, such …
Exploring the interplay between socioeconomic status and reading achievement
BackgroundSocioeconomic status (SES) and motivation are both important predictors of student achievement. However, most studies have investigated these factors separately, and very few have looked into the interplay between SES and motivation as determinants of student reading achievement.AimsWe intend to bridge this gap by examining a model of SES predicting reading achievement through motivation (i.e., expectancy and value) at both student and …
Subjective wellbeing and emotion regulation strategies
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the world, creating significant impact on people's lives and subjective wellbeing. While previous studies have shown that students' wellbeing and how they manage their emotions are critical to students' learning, less research has considered their specific impacts on student engagement in online learning.AimsThe aim of this study is to examine how students' subjective wellbei…
Covid-19 vaccination coverage and its cognitive determinants among older adults in Shanghai, China, during the Covid-19 epidemic
Objectives This study aimed to examine the coverage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and its cognitive determinants among older adults. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire to conduct a survey among 725 Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above in June 2022, 2 months after the mass COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China. The questionnaire covered demographic characteristics, COVID-19 vaccination s…
Emotional contagion
Profiles of Approaches to Learning and the Relationship with Academic School Readiness in Chinese Preschoolers
Research Findings: The study examined the latent profiles of approaches to learning (ATL) in Chinese preschoolers and the association of profile membership with their academic school readiness. A total of 235 preschoolers (Mage = 58.07 months, SD = 10.09 months) were sampled and evaluated with the School Readiness Composite (SRC) of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised, and early achievement tests in language and literacy and mathematics excep…
The interplay between teacher empathy, students’ sense of school belonging, and learning achievement
Psychological state and its correlates of local college students in Wuhan during Covid‐19 pandemic
In 2020, the lockdown of Wuhan due to the outbreak of COVID-19 impacted various aspects of local college students' life and may further negatively affect their psychological state. This study was conducted among 652 Wuhan local college students during the quarantine of this city. We assessed their psychological state using Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale 21 and evaluated their living condition including diet, schedule, recreational activities, so…
Development and validation of the Self-Regulated Translation Learning Strategy Scale (SRTLSS)
Text mining online disinformation about antihypertensive agents Acei/ARB and Covid-19 on Sina Weibo
Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has caused a significant social and economic burden, with over 4.7 million confirmed cases and thousands of casualties. Moreover, pandemic-related misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms have led to intense psychosocial issues. We investigated online disinformation about angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs and their relations…
Commemoration and Emotional Sustenance
As one of the first doctors issued a protective warning to the public, Dr. Li Wenliang was known as "whistleblower" of COVID-19 pandemic. After his death of COVID-19, students entered to his Sina Weibo to display their condolences and sorrow. We conduct text analysis and sentiment classification to investigate the motivation behind online mourning for Dr. Li among students on Sina Weibo. Our results indicate that, a) there always more than one mo…
Metacognitive strategies and self-efficacy co-shape L2 achievement
The role of perspective-taking in mediating the relationship between teacher feedback and reading achievement
Psychology (23 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Academic achievement (13 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (13 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Medicine (9 works)