了解大学生成就动机、自尊的一般现状，初步探讨大学生成就动机与自尊之间的关系。采用成就动机量表(AMS)和自尊量表(SES)对430名大学生进行调查。结果表明：(1)大学生自尊对其成就动机具有一定的预测作用。(2)女大学生避免失败的动机显著高于男大学生；优秀女大学生的自尊显著高于优秀男大学生。(3)优秀大学生的自尊显著高于普通大学生，优秀大学生避免失败的动机显著低于普通大学生。

To understand current university students’ achievement motivation and self-esteem and research the relationship between them, we investigated on 430 university students by using EMS and SES. The results are as follows: 1) In some extent, the college students’ self-esteem can forecast their achievement motivation. 2) The female college students’ failure-avoiding motivation is significantly higher than the male ones and the excellent female college students’ self-esteem is significantly higher than the excellent male ones’. 3) The excellent college students’ self-esteem is significantly higher and failure-avoiding motivation is significantly lower than the ordinary ones’.