O. Rehulkova et al., RELATION BETWEEN ACHIEVEMENT-MOTIVATION A ND ANXIETY IN MEN - INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY, Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 39(2), 1995, pp. 111-116
When studying the achievement motivation, the relation of achievement
motivation to anxiety seems to be an important question. The hitherto
studies did not respect the fact that anxiety is not one-dimensional.
On the basis of factor analysis of the STAI Questionnaire, we isolated
in keeping with other authors - two components of state and two compo
nents of trait anxiety (based on positively and negatively formulated
items). In 123 university students-men, we studied the relation of the
se components to achievement motivation, to anxiety slowing down perfo
rmance, and to anxiety supporting performance. Our analysis was also c
ompleted - on the basis of previous results - with the relation to the
temperament characteristics and to the L-score (EOD). We have found t
hat individual components of anxiety affect achievement motivation in
a differentiated way. Achievement motivation and anxiety supporting pe
rformance are equally increased by the fact how happy the student cons
iders himself to be, and how strong the state anxiety is which he expe
riences. In addition, achievement motivation correlates with the L-sco
re: the higher the L-score is, the higher the level of achievement mot
ivation seems to be.