Stress, anxiety and achievement motivation in high school students

Stress and anxiety are factors that hinder development and learning, in addition to presenting symptoms that impact mental health as they are consistent and chronic, therefore, the objective of this research is to know how stress and anxiety are related to achievement motivation in high school students. The methodology is quantitative, descriptive and correlational. The sample was made up of 150 high school students from the “Ermilo Sandoval Campos” Preparatory School located in the city of San Francisco de Campeche. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the Adolescent Motivation Scale (EM1) were applied. In this way, in accordance with the main objective of the research, it was found that the greater the stress, the greater the anxiety; however, none of these variables were related to achievement motivation. Women, for their part, present higher levels of stress and anxiety compared to men, which represents a statistically significant difference between both sexes. On the other hand, there are no statistically significant differences between men and women with regard to achievement motivation, even so, the average is higher in men compared to women. Likewise, the present investigation allowed us to know the emotional psychological level deficiencies of both sexes, however, the negative consequences in the female population stand out.