Självförtroende, ångestbenägenhet, motivationsklimat bland studenter på Lunds universitet.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy, trait anxiety and motivational climate when it comes to students at Lund University (n=121). A quantitative survey was performed online with General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Motivational Climate at Work Questionnaire (MCWQ) as the measuring instruments. Although multiple regression analysis showed that trait anxiety is indeed a significant predictor (p<.001) when explaining self-efficacy, the same could not be said about the motivational climate. In a similar manner, a partial correlation showed that the motivational climate didn’t affect the relationship between self-efficacy and trait anxiety. The correlation coefficient was the same (r=-.66) when controlling for motivational climate. A t-test showed no significant difference in trait anxiety between students at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law. We did however find a significant result when comparing students’ scores for motivational climate. Students at the Faculty of Law scored significantly higher (p<.001) on performance oriented motivational climate, and significantly lower (p=.007) on mastery oriented motivational climate, compared to students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In conclusion, the motivational climate in a university setting needs further analysis with more complex designs than what we have in our study. Keywords: self-efficacy, anxiety, motivational climate, students, higher education