Lingua-Franca Future Self-Guides: How Do They Predict Shame?

Second-language (L2) future self-guides have been studied in relation to emotions. What remains unclear relates to the norms of L2 selves. Future selves with a lingua-franca (LF) ideology, which emphasizes shared responsibility, might make a difference in emotions. By developing questionnaire items to measure LF future selves, the current study investigated how LF selves predicted shame. Two hundred and fifty-seven undergraduates learning English in Japan participated by completing the questionnaire consisting of 38 items to measure LF selves, L2 selves, and L2 shame. Exploratory factor analysis (n = 257) conducted on the LF self items and subsequent confirmatory factor analysis performed on another sample of representation (n = 123) revealed three factors: ideal LF self/own, ideal LF self/others, and ought-to LF self. Partial correlation analyses between each two L2 or LF selves did not reveal a significant unique correlation between ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self/own (r = .09). Rather, the seeming association between the two L2 selves was mediated by the LF selves. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that ideal LF self/own changed the prediction of shame in the direction of relieving L2 shame. The results suggest that cultivating an LF ideology may support the well-being of English learners. The data uploaded are the raw data of the survey consisting of one used for exploratory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis (n = 257) and one used for confirmatory factor analysis (n = 123).

现有研究已围绕第二语言（Second-language, L2）未来自我导向与情绪的关联展开探讨，但二语自我的规范特征仍有待厘清。持有通用语（lingua-franca, LF）意识形态的未来自我——该意识形态强调共同责任——或会对情绪产生影响。本研究通过编制测量通用语未来自我的问卷条目，考察了通用语自我对二语羞耻感的预测作用。共有257名在日本学习英语的大学生参与本研究，完成了包含38个条目、用于测量通用语自我、二语自我及二语羞耻感的问卷。针对通用语自我条目开展的探索性因素分析（n=257），以及后续在另一组验证样本（n=123）中实施的验证性因素分析结果均显示，可提取出三个因子：理想通用语自我/自身视角、理想通用语自我/他人视角，以及应然通用语自我。对各二语自我或通用语自我两两开展偏相关分析后发现，理想二语自我与应然二语自我/自身视角间未呈现显著的独特相关（r=0.09）。实际上，两类二语自我间的表面关联是通过通用语自我介导的。分层多元回归分析结果显示，理想通用语自我/自身视角会缓解二语羞耻感的预测效应。本研究结果表明，培育通用语意识形态或可助力英语学习者的心理健康。本次上传的数据为两项调查的原始数据集：其一对应样本量n=257的探索性因素分析、偏相关分析及分层多元回归分析所用数据集，其二对应样本量n=123的验证性因素分析所用数据集。