title: Further observation on study difficulty in university students including 'syllabus-boundess'.
abstract: The UCLS questionnaire, in a form modified to include a measure of syllabus-boundness, and a questionnaire to measure psychiatric symptomatology (the MHQ) were administered to two groups of students, one seeking help for emotional problems, the other a control group. Groups were compared on tests, test findings were inter-correlated, and scores were related to academic success. The UCLSQ is confirmed as a reliable research instrument. Principal component analysis again indicates a separation of psychoneurotic and motivational components of study difficulty. Syllabus-boundness ('Sylbism') emerges as a relatively independent trait, with a significant negative relationship to work satisfaction in both groups. MHQ scores again show a positive correlation between phobic anxiety and academic attainment for patients.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities