A Comparative Study of Learning Anxiety between Rural Left-behind Children and Non-left-behind Children

Objective: to investigate the learning anxiety level of rural left-behind children and non-left-behind children. Method: Adopted the anxiety subscales of "mental health diagnostic test" (MHT), this research has made an investigation on 363 rural left-behind children and non left-behind children. Results: (1) According to the survey, in the aspect of learning anxiety, the degree of leaning anxiety of left-behind children is much serious than that of non-left-behind children, and they two have significant difference (t=2.131, P<0.05). Left-behind children need special guidance. (2) For left-behind children of different genders, there are significant differences between male and female students ((t=1.991, P<0.05), and girls need special guidance. There was no significant difference between genders for non-left-behind children (t=0.957, P>0.05). Conclusion: in the future teaching, attention should be paid to the left-behind children' learning anxiety, especially the correct guidance to the female left-behind children.