Does anxiety explain why math-anxious people underperform in math?

RJ Daker, SU Gattas, EA Necka, AE Green… - npj Science of …, 2023 - nature.com
Math-anxious people consistently underperform in math. The most widely accepted
explanation for why this underperformance occurs is that math-anxious people experience …

Math anxiety as an independent psychological construct among social‐emotional attitudes: An exploratory factor analysis

D Cheng, B Ren, X Yu, H Wang… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Math anxiety is a widespread problem for children and adolescents worldwide. However, the
psychological trait of math anxiety is poorly understood. The present study aimed to examine …

The impact of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on math and science anxieties with or without controlling general anxiety

AM Megreya, AA Al-Emadi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
It is well-established that general anxiety associates with the lower use of adaptive emotion
regulation and the higher use of maladaptive emotion regulation. However, no study has …

Role of executive functions in the relations of state‐and trait‐math anxiety with math performance

S Pelegrina, ME Martín‐Puga… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The detrimental effect of math anxiety on math performance is thought to be mediated by
executive functions. Previous studies have primarily focused on trait‐math anxiety rather …

Anxiety predicts math achievement in kindergarten children

B Svraka, C Álvarez, D Szücs - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Math anxiety (MA) is an academic anxiety about learning, doing, and evaluating
mathematics, usually studied in school populations and adults. However, MA likely has its …

Estimation strategy utilization is modulated by implicit emotion regulation: evidence from behavioral and event-related potentials studies

C Zhu, X Zhao, F Lu, Y Wang, Y Zhao, D Kou, D Liu… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
A large number of studies have studied the influence of emotional experience on an
individual's estimation performance, but the influence of implicit emotion regulation is still …

Children's emotion regulation, behavior regulation, and mathematics achievement: A longitudinal mediation model

M Weis, RA Cardona, G Trommsdorff - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present study investigated direct as well as indirect relations between children's
emotion regulation (anger-and avoidant-oriented strategies), behavior regulation, and …

Estimation strategy selection is modulated by snapshot emotional priming, but not math anxiety

C Zhu, X Zhao, X Han, Y Wang, D Liu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study explored the role of snapshot emotional priming and math anxiety in
estimation strategy selection. Participants were asked to complete a two-digit multiplication …

Investigating the Influence of Attitude, Prior Knowledge, and Critical Thinking on Solving Algebraic Equations

JB Adoro, E Dulay, M Talenjale… - Formosa Journal …, 2024 - journal.formosapublisher.org
This study looks into how students' abilities to solve algebraic problems are impacted by
their attitude, past knowledge, and critical thinking. Despite being a fundamental …

Exploring students' self-efficacy and anxiety towards mathematics problem solving during Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

NSH Amiruddin, N Ahmad, SS Mamat - Mathematical Sciences and …, 2022 - ir.uitm.edu.my
Although mathematics is seen as a crucial precursor to success in modern society, many
students still struggle with real mathematical fear. They feel anxious when they engage in …