Investigation on the Impact of College Students' Sense of Meaning in Life on Learning Motivation.xlsx

A total of 351 college students from a university in Chongqing were selected using random sampling. The recruitment period for this study was from 01/03/2024 to 01/08/2024. All participants were over 18 years of age.After removing missing data and careless responses from the dataset, the final analysis included 345 valid participants, resulting in an efficacy rate of 98.29%. The mean age of subjects was 21.01 ± 2.52 years, with 200 males (21.29 ± 2.47 years) and 145 females (20.64 ± 2.54 years).Electronic informed consent was obtained from all participants.Prior to starting the online survey, participants were presented with an introductory screen that provided essential information about the study, including its general purpose, the voluntary nature of participation, assurance of strict confidentiality and anonymity of data, and the right to withdraw from the study at any time without penalty. This introductory screen explicitly stated, “If you agree to the above, and have understood the content to be surveyed, please begin”.Participants indicated their informed consent by voluntarily proceeding to complete the online questionnaire after acknowledging this statement. This electronic consent procedure was approved by the Ethics Committee. Furthermore, the online questionnaire design included an explicit option for participants to exit the survey at any point before final submission, ensuring their right to withdraw. The survey was conducted anonymously, and data were collected and analyzed in a manner that ensured participants’ privacy and confidentiality.