The Relationship Between Class Environment and Psychological Suzhi of Minority Middle School Students in Yunnan

Zesong DONG, Dajun ZHANG

Abstract


In this study, 1307 minority middle school students in Yunnan are surveyed. This study uses survey questionnaires to observe the relationship between classroom environment and psychological suzhi of minority middle school students. The results show that: (a) the psychological suzhi of the Bai middle school students in terms of cognitive qualities, adaptability and psychological suzhi overall score is significantly better than the Yi and Hui students; (b) there is a significant positive correlation between the factors of teacher-student relationship, order and discipline, competition, the relationship between students in the class environment and minority students’ psychological suzhi; there is a significant negative correlation between the factors of the burden of learning in the class environment and the psychological suzhi of minority middle school students; (c) the factors of the teacher-student relationship, competition and the relationship between students in class environment have a significant positive prediction function on the psychological suzhi of minority middle school students.


Keywords


Psychological suzhi; Class environment; Minority middle school students; Regression analysis

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