A study on the relationship between motivation and psychological state during preparation for the examination

Abstract

To explore the relationship between motivation of further education and students' psychological state during exam preparation, and to provide guidance for preventing students' anxiety due to excessive stress and for early psychological intervention. The students' motivation for graduate school was quantified by preparing a Postgraduate Motivation Scale（PMS）. Reliability testing of the PMS using the results of a survey of 800 school students. The students' psychological state was analyzed in combination with anxiety and stress values,Mental health monitoring for students once a month during exam preparation(June~ December). Cronbach's α was 0.926, the fold-half reliability was 0.887, the retest reliability was 0.931, and the Cronbach's α coefficients of the four subscales were 0.74, 0.83, 0.79, and 0.92. The results of the anxiety and stress tests showed that the average anxiety value of the "active" group was 5.81 less than that of the "passive" group, and 61.64% of the total number of students had anxiety during the preparation period, while 31.2% felt too much stress. Students' negative emotions are positively related to the value of motivation to study for the exam, and the phenomenon of anxiety and the emergence of stressful emotions have a certain time difference. Feelings of anxiety during exam preparation are temporary and disappear with the end of the exam.