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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol., 15 October 2025

Sec. Educational Psychology

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1712745

Correction: Achievement motivation and mental health among medical postgraduates: the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and perceived stress

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  1. Achievement motivation and mental health among medical postgraduates: the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and perceived stress

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Mu-yun MaMu-yun Ma1Yao LiYao Li1Li GuoLi Guo1Guan-e Yang, Guan-e Yang1,2*
  • 1Department of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Jinzhong, China
  • 2Department of Traditional Chinese Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Jinzhong, China

A Correction on
Achievement motivation and mental health among medical postgraduates: the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and perceived stress

by Ma, M.-y., Li, Y., Guo, L., and Yang, G.-e. (2024). Front. Psychol. 15:1483090. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1483090

A portion of text was captured incorrectly in the Abstract and Results section. The original text appears below:

“there was no significant linear correlation between mastery-approach goals and depression/anxiety”.

This corrected text appears below:

“there was no significant linear correlation between performance-approach goals and depression/anxiety”.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: medical postgraduates, achievement motivation, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, perceived stress

Citation: Ma M-y, Li Y, Guo L and Yang G-e (2025) Correction: Achievement motivation and mental health among medical postgraduates: the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and perceived stress. Front. Psychol. 16:1712745. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1712745

Received: 25 September 2025; Accepted: 07 October 2025;
Published: 15 October 2025.

Edited and reviewed by: Daniel H. Robinson, The University of Texas at Arlington College of Education, United States

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*Correspondence: Guan-e Yang, eWFuZ2d1YW5lQGFsaXl1bi5jb20=

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