Whether anxiety explains the income inequality × social class interaction remains inconclusive¶
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q2 i? Moderated mediation results were inconsistent across social class indicators and across Studies 2a and 2b, making the overall analysis inconclusive. → Nele Claes 2024
Evidence¶
Nele Claes 2024¶
Nele Claes, Annique Smeding, Arnaud Carré, Nicolas Sommet. (2024). The social class test gap: A worldwide investigation of the role of academic anxiety and income inequality in standardized test score disparities. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(6), 871-888. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000881
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Moderated mediation analyses testing whether anxiety accounted for the income inequality × social class interaction in PISA 2012 and 2015 data. The discussion adds the moderation "appeared to be explained only by mathematics anxiety (Study 1 and Study 2a), but not by test anxiety (Study 2b)".
"Analyses revealed inconsistent social class × income inequality → anxiety → test performance moderated mediation across social class indicators and across Studies 2a and 2b, making the overall analysis inconclusive"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Academic anxiety mediates between one-tenth and one-fifth of the social class test gap across social class indicators, anxiety forms, and school domains — related
- National income inequality strengthens the economically based social class test gap (family economic capital) — related
- National income inequality weakens the culturally based social class test gap (parental education, cultural capital) — related
- Non-competence-based constructs including temperaments, attachment, and socioeconomic variables predict or moderate achievement goals — a broader claim this one bears on
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Whether anxiety explains the income inequality × social class interaction remains inconclusive |
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Whether anxiety explains the income inequality × social class interaction remains inconclusive |
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