A Study Of The Relationship Between Perfectionism, Achievement Motivation And Test Anxiety Of Junior Middle School Students

Test anxiety,as a common emotional disorder of middle school students,not only affects their academic performance,but also seriously affects their physical and mental health.Previous studies have shown that the negative factors in perfectionism have a significant predictive effect on test anxiety.There is a significant positive correlation between achievement motivation to avoid failure and test anxiety.But there is no research on the relationship between perfectionism,achievement motivation and test anxiety.Therefore,the purpose of this study is to explore the differences in demographic characteristics of test anxiety,perfectionism,and achievement motivation among junior high school students,and the inherent logical relationship between them,provide reference for junior high school students' test anxiety intervention,to improve the academic performance and mental health of junior high school students.This study uses the non-revised Chinese version of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale(CFMPS);Hegtvet and Renmin Ye revised the Achievement Motivation Scale(AMS)and the Test Anxiety Scale(TAS)compiled by Samson to investigate 450 junior high school students.The following conclusions are drawn:(1)The test anxiety of junior high school students is at a relatively high level.The test anxiety differs only in the level of performance.The level of intermediate performance is significantly higher than the top 20% of the class.(2)Junior high school students have the characteristics of perfectionism.The parents' expectations of boys are significantly higher than that of girls,and the doubts of girls' actions are significantly higher than those of boys.> 20% after class.(3)The motivation for junior high school students is at the upper middle level.There is a significant difference between the achievement motivation and the motivation for success in the achievement level.The synthesis motivation and the motivation for success in the top 20% of the class are significantly higher than the latter 20% of.(4)In addition to the rationality dimension,test anxiety is significantly positively related to the total score of perfectionism and personal standards,worrying about errors,parental expectations,and doubts about actions;the motivation to avoid failure is related to the total score of perfectionism and personal standards,worrying about errors,Parental expectations,and action doubts are all significantly positively correlated;test anxiety is significantly positively correlated with motivation to avoid failure.(5)The motivation to avoid failure partially mediates the relationship between perfectionism and test anxiety.After further analysis,it is found that the motivation to avoid failure partially mediates the relationship between the perfectionist worry dimension,the action doubt dimension and test anxiety.Based on the above research results,the following suggestions are proposed to reduce the test anxiety level of junior high school students:(1)Pay attention to the prevention and intervention of test anxiety;(2)Reduce the test anxiety level of students by understanding and helping students to view mistakes correctly;(3)Reduce the test anxiety level of students by enhancing their self-confidence;(4)By improving students' motivation to pursue success,to reduce students' test anxiety level.