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Psychological state of college students’ online english course learning under normalization of the epidemic

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In shaping human behavior and decision-making the psychological factors contribute a vital part. This study analyzes the regular distribution of the current Online English Courses of college students and conducts data effect detection. This study took college students as the research object, and adopted the comparative experiment method. Through the independent research learning model and structural equation model, the system of this paper was established, and the changes of students’ psychological state were collected. Using SEM, the study examines the way the epidemic has affected the ability of college students to learn English online and their psychological well-being. The study compares the access situation of Online English Courses “weekly” and the “time” access situation of Online English Courses, and compares the changes in the quantity of resources and the evolutionary quantity of learning resources in the research on the regeneration of learning resources. Among the number of updates more than once, preset resources accounted for 36.8%, generated resources accounted for 72.7%, and existing resources accounted for 65.7%. Among the number of updates more than two times, the proportion of preset resources is 21.1%, the proportion of generated resources is 59.1%, and the proportion of existing resources is 48.6%. Risk appetite theory explains a person’s desire to achieve economic goals and their attitude towards risk choices. Understanding these psychological factors can aid in making better decisions and addressing challenges in various settings.

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This research is supported by Centre for Translation Studies of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (Fund No. CTS202212). It is also supported by Guangdong Higher Education Reform Foundation with the project name of “Reform and practice of talent cultivation mode of translation majors in financial institutions”.

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  3. School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore

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  4. School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710129, China

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Chen, J., Xu, K., Chen, Y. et al. Psychological state of college students’ online english course learning under normalization of the epidemic. Curr Psychol 43, 10631–10646 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05105-y

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