Table 2.
Results of the factor analysis of 2058 medical students
| Item | Common factors | Name offactors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| I have no motivation for studying. I lack of perseverance. | 0.752 | Self-learning | |||||
| I did not study very well, so I always make effort at the last moment and stay up all night for studying. | 0.739 | ||||||
| When I am studying, I often fail to complete the task in the prescribed time. | 0.734 | ||||||
| When I am studying in school, if the environment is a little noisy, I will be agitated and stop learning. | 0.709 | ||||||
| The management style of college is not as good as middle school, and I feel less self-control. | 0.651 | ||||||
| I find it difficult to relate real life to practical applications. | 0.640 | ||||||
| I study very passively. I rarely ask questions or speak actively in class. I do not want to study actively. | 0.632 | ||||||
| I often attend various learning activities and listen to some lectures about learning methods and experience. | 0.776 | Information utilization | |||||
| I often ask other people how to fit the university’s study better. | 0.755 | ||||||
| I often focus on the information inside and outside the school and try to increase the amount of information what I have. | 0.679 | ||||||
| I can make friends from different majors and can learn and communicate with them. | 0.671 | ||||||
| I can make good use of library’s books. | 0.639 | ||||||
| I often learn from other people’s excellent learning experience to improve. | 0.555 | ||||||
| I have a lot of own time in college, and I can use it very well. | 0.447 | ||||||
| If I have a chance, I will go to a summer social practice. | 0.423 | ||||||
| Although I feel nervous and anxious when I’m leaning, I can generally find ways to relaxing. | 0.737 | Environmental choice | |||||
| I can adapt quickly to the new learning environment in university. | 0.650 | ||||||
| I can adapt quickly to the new learning environment in university. | 0.621 | ||||||
| I can use different learning methods according to the needs of university’ s study. | 0.614 | ||||||
| Even if my learning environment is not good, I can create a good learning environment by myself. | 0.562 | ||||||
| I think learning is important for the future work and life, so my self-consciousness is very high. | 0.684 | Goal orientation | |||||
| I often develop a learning goal that combines long-term and short-term goals. | 0.651 | ||||||
| I will make adjustments if my own learning goals are not realized. | 0.573 | ||||||
| I feel that I’m under a lot of pressure, and I don’t know what to do to solve the problem. | 0.868 | Coping with stress | |||||
| I’m worried about my career prospects, and I think there is a contradiction between the uncertain future job and the current hard work. | 0.851 | ||||||
| I always want to change my major. | 0.778 | Professional interest | |||||
| Because I am not interested in my professional courses, so my enthusiasm for learning has been affected. | 0.737 | ||||||