The chain mediating effect of learning goal distress and excessive learning motivation from unknown locus of control on migrant middle school students' learning anxiety

Autor: Jia Hu, Tinghu Kang, Jianhong Zhang, Xingwen Ma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Acta Psychologica, Vol 248, Iss , Pp 104350- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0001-6918
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104350
Popis: The prevalence of learning anxiety among Chinese migrant middle school students is a notable concern in academia. There is a wealth of research on the effects of internal and external locus of control on learning anxiety, but there is still a lack of research on unknown locus of control. To grasp the situation of migrant middle school students in terms of learning anxiety, to understand the relationship between migrant middle school students' unknown locus of control and learning anxiety, this study surveyed 351 migrant middle school students, using Mental Health Test, Multidimensional Measure of Children's Perceptions of Control, Middle School Students Learning Motivation Scale to do the questionnaire survey. The data analysis conducted through SPSS software revealed the following findings: (1) There is a positive prediction of learning anxiety from an unknown locus of control (β = 0.139, p
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