Survey of Saudi EFL students academic persistence

Dataset supporting the research presented in the thesis 'Writing persistence: investigating the interplay between Saudi EFL profiles of grit, buoyancy and self-efficacy and their impact on writing achievement and working memory functions', [Doctoral Thesis, University of Southampton].

The research aimed to investigate the potential links between academic persistence and its related constructs, particularly grit and buoyancy, and writing course grades and working memory (WM) of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Saudi female first-year university students. It also investigated the underlying structure of academic persistence as perceived by the participants and the complex relationships between learner persistence constructs, and the potential role of self-efficacy beliefs in relation to students’ writing grades and performance in WM tasks with a particular focus on the cognitive-affective dimension of academic persistence. The study took a mixed methods approach and utilised quantitative and qualitative measures.

本数据集支持以下博士论文中的研究：《写作持续性：探究沙特英语作为外语（English as a Foreign Language，EFL）学习者的坚毅、心理弹性与自我效能感的交互关系及其对写作成绩与工作记忆（Working Memory, WM）功能的影响》，[南安普敦大学博士学位论文]。
本研究旨在探究学术持续性及其相关构念（尤以坚毅与心理弹性为核心）与沙特女性一年级大学英语作为外语学习者的写作课程成绩、工作记忆之间的潜在关联。同时，本研究还考察了参与者所感知到的学术持续性内在结构、学习者持续性相关构念间的复杂关系，以及自我效能感信念在学生写作成绩与工作记忆任务表现中所扮演的潜在角色，研究特别聚焦于学术持续性的认知-情感维度。本研究采用混合研究方法，综合运用定量与定性研究手段。