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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

The relationship between digital literacy and college students' academic achievement: the chain mediating role of learning adaptation and online self-regulated learning.

Fanfeng Chen

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Fanfeng ChenSchool of Mathematics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

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Object: This study explores the relationship between digital literacy and college students' academic achievement and focuses on the mechanism of learning adaptation and online self-regulated learning. Method: A total of 894 college students were tested using digital literacy, learning adaptation, self-regulated learning, and academic achievement scales. SPSS 26.0 and Amos 24.0, structural equation modelling were used to examine the direct and interactive effects of these variables on academic achievement. Results: The findings demonstrated that digital literacy significantly and positively predicted college students' academic achievement. Furthermore, both learning adaptation and online self-regulated learning were found to individually mediate this relationship. Notably, a sequential chain mediation was also confirmed: digital literacy enhanced learning adaptation, which subsequently fostered online self-regulated learning, ultimately leading to improved academic achievement. The results suggest the important factors affecting the academic achievement of college students, help improve their academic achievement, and provide useful suggestions for the education and teaching strategies of higher education management departments and educators.

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academic achievementdigital literacyhigher educationlearning adaptationonline self-regulated learning

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