68th article "Psychology and EFL Writing "

Name : Nurmala Eka Putri
Npm : 16611025



Psychology and EFL Writing
This study focuses on 1) exploring the writing attitudes, apprehension, and self-efficacy beliefs of Saudi learners of
English as a foreign language (EFL) and 2) understanding the relationship between these components and writing
competence in English.
Writing is a combination of emotional and cognitive processes (McLeod 1987). Accordingly, affective
variables or attitudes commonly influence individuals’ writing.
The results of the present study have demonstrated that participants in general held positive attitudes
towards writing in English, a moderate level of writing apprehension, and a moderate writing self-efficacy.