The Exploration of Effects of Anxiety, Motivation and Gender on Students’ Academic Performance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study explored the effects of anxiety, motivation, and gender on students' academic performance through a literature review. According to previous studies, anxiety can directly impair students' self-esteem and motivation to learn, which can result in a drop in their academic achievement. Students' learning is impacted differently by intrinsic and extrinsic incentive. While extrinsic motivation has a more erratic and short-lived effect, intrinsic motivation significantly and permanently improves learning performance.. But when intrinsic motivation is low, extrinsic motivation can also act as motivation to drive students to learn. In addition, gender factors indirectly affect students' academic performance through psychological and social roles, for example, female students are generally more susceptible to anxiety than male students. Male students had higher levels of depressive stress than female students. This is due to the influence of psychological or social preconceptions among pupils of various genders. Male students tend to repress their emotions, which can contribute to a rise in depression, whereas female students are more inclined to communicate their fears. Future research should incorporate more beneficial data to further expand pertinent theories and methods, even if this study offers insightful information about this sector.
Author: Jiafan Zhou
Institution: Shoreline Community College
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407822511