The Role of Anxiety in the Relationship between Self-efficacy and Math Achievement

Autor: María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, Andrea Núñez, María del Mar Molero, José J. Gázquez, Pedro Rosário, José C. Núñez
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 137-143 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1135-755X
2174-0526
DOI: 10.5093/psed2020a7
Popis: This study aims to improve current understanding of how the relationship between perceived math ability and math achievement may be mediated or moderated by levels of anxiety about math, considering intellectual abilities, gender, and school year. In this study, participants were 2,245 Spanish students (7th to 10th grade). All completed the FennemaSherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales and the Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test. The main results showed that (i) perceivedcompetence is a potent predictor of achievement (the higher the perceived competence, the better the performance in mathematics), (ii) anxiety about mathematics significantly mediates the relationship between perceived competence and math achievement (although the effect is small), and (iii) levels of anxiety condition the intensity of the effect of perceived competence on math achievement (at high levels of anxiety the effect size of the relationship between perceived competence and achievement is large, whereas at low levels of anxiety the effect is small).
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