Math anxiety is not significantly correlated with trait anxiety in young children¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? SEMA scores were not significantly correlated with trait anxiety as measured by the CBCL Anxiety Problems subscale. → Wu SS 2012

Evidence¶

Wu SS 2012¶

Wu SS, Barth M, Amin H, Malcarne V and Menon V (2012) Math anxiety in second and third graders and its relation to mathematics achievement. Front. Psychology 3:162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00162

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Correlational analysis in the same sample of 162 children comparing SEMA scores with the CBCL Anxiety Problems subscale. The article reports "r = 0.08, p = 0.37, R2 = 0.01", a non-significant correlation; no standardized effect size is printed for this finding.

"SEMA scores were not significantly correlated with trait anx- iety, as measured by the Anxiety Problems subscale of the CBCL (r = 0.08, p = 0.37, R2 = 0.01)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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