Longitudinal change in spatial anxiety tracks declining SN–CEN connectivity in female students, while change in math anxiety tracks declining SN–CEN connectivity in male students¶
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q3 i3 For female students, Δspatial anxiety and ΔSN–CEN were significantly negatively correlated; for males they were not. → Ariel A. Gonzalez 2019
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Ariel A. Gonzalez 2019¶
Ariel A. Gonzalez, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, Jessica E. Bartley, Timothy Hayes, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo, Elsa I. Bravo, Rosalie Odean, Alina Nazareth, Robert W. Laird, Matthew T. Sutherland, Eric Brewe, Shannon M. Pruden and Angela R. Laird. (2019). Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxiety. npj Science of Learning 4:18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0058-9
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Correlation of change scores from pre- to post-instruction in the same 101-student cohort: for female students, as spatial anxiety increased over time, SN–CEN connectivity decreased (r = −0.459); the sex difference in this correlation was significant (Z = 2.208, P = 0.014).
"Of these, Δanxietyspatial and ΔSN–CEN were signi ficantly negatively correlated for females ( r(46) = −0.459, P = 0.001, αFDR = 0.02), but not males r(55) = −0.041, P = 0.764, αFDR = 0.23), and the difference between sexes was statistically signi ficant, Z = 2.208, P = 0.014"
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Learner Variables¶
- Gender — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
Related Claims¶
- Change in anxiety across the semester is negatively correlated with course grade and GPA for male students but not female students — related
- Male physics students show significant anxiety–tripartite-network connectivity correlations at pre- and post-instruction, while female students show none — related
- Female undergraduate physics students report higher science, spatial, math, and clinical anxiety than male students at both pre- and post-instruction — related
- Science anxiety increased significantly over the semester for both female and male physics students, with no sex-by-time interaction on any anxiety measure — related
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