The Influence of Learning Motivation on Students Anxiety in Preparing Their Final Assignments

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of learning motivation on anxiety in students who compose the final project. In this study, the population for this study were students of the Midwifery Program at Muhammadiyah University of Semarang with a total of 80 subjects using the census sampling technique. Methods of data collection using a psychological scale. The psychological scale used as a measuring tool in this study consisted of two scales, namely the scale and the scale of learning motivation. Data analysis used simple regression analysis. The value of Cronbach’s alpha on the value variable is 0.828, while the Cronbach’s alpha value on the motivation variable is 0.905. The results of the regression correlation test (β) are -0.075, with a significance of 0.00 (<0.05) so that the proposed hypothesis is accepted. This shows that the higher the learning motivation, the lower the level of anxiety. On the other hand, the lower the motivation, the higher the motivation.