Universities are crucial venues for developing student party members. The emergence of issues such as diversification, utilitarianism, and passivity in the motivations for joining the Communist Party among "Post-00s" college students poses challenges to party-building work in universities. This paper systematically analyzes the current status, types, and influencing factors of the motivations for joining the Communist Party among "Post-00s" college students, and concludes that these motivations are influenced by both intrinsic motivations such as self-actualization and extrinsic incentives from the state, society, schools, and families. It is recommended to rectify the motivations for joining the Communist Party among college students by strengthening education on the history of the Communist Party, firming beliefs and faith, promoting correct values to avoid utilitarian tendencies, leveraging exemplary roles to overcome vanity, and cultivating independent thinking to prevent blind obedience.

Yi Wang, Liegui Chen and Xiaowei Niu. An Investigation and Analysis of the Motivation for Joining the Communist Party among "Post-00s" College Students Based on Motivation Theory. Frontiers in Educational Psychology (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 1: 71-77. https://doi.org/10.38007/JEP.2024.050109.

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