Influence of Psychological Factors on the Academic Achievement of Advanced Mathematics CourseAnalysis Based on Structural Equation Model

Psychological factors play a decisive role in academic performance. Advanced mathematics is an important course in the university’s curriculum system. Exploring the mechanisms by which psychological factors affect advanced mathematics performance is of great significance for enhancing the quality of talent cultivation in universities. The results of the study show that self-efficacy and learning motivation are significantly positively correlated to higher mathematics academic performance, while learning attributions are not significantly correlated to it. Self-efficacy is a mediating medium through which learning motivation and attribution affect academic performance. Learning motivation serves as a mediator between self-efficacy and academic performance, and there is a significant gender difference in the path, through which students’ psychological factors affect academic performance. Therefore, the teaching of higher mathematics needs to pay attention to students' psychological characteristics, focus on improving self-efficacy, stimulating learning motivation, and guiding students to use correct attribution methods. These are the keys to improving the quality of advanced mathematics curriculum teaching.