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Math anxiety assessment with the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale : applicability and usefulness : insights from the Polish adaptation
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Math anxiety assessment with the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale : applicability and usefulness : insights from the Polish adaptation
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| title: | Math anxiety assessment with the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale : applicability and usefulness : insights from the Polish adaptation |
| author: | Cipora Krzysztof  , Szczygieł Monika , Willmes Klaus, Nuerk Hans-Christoph |
| journal title: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| volume: | 6 |
| date of publication : | 2015 |
| article ID: | 1833 |
| eISSN: |
1664-1078 |
| DOI: | |
| URL: |
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01833/full |
| date accessed: |
2017-09-14 |
| notes: | Druk dwuszpaltowy |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | Math anxiety has an important impact on mathematical development and performance. However, although math anxiety is supposed to be a transcultural trait, assessment instruments are scarce and are validated mainly for Western cultures so far. Therefore, we aimed at examining the transcultural generality of math anxiety by a thorough investigation of the validity of math anxiety assessment in Eastern Europe. We investigated the validity and reliability of a Polish adaptation of the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS), known to have very good psychometric characteristics in its original, American-English version as well as in its Italian and Iranian adaptations. We also observed high reliability, both for internal consistency and test-retest stability of the AMAS in the Polish sample. The results also show very good construct, convergent and discriminant validity: The factorial structure in Polish adult participants (n = 857) was very similar to the one previously found in other samples; AMAS scores correlated moderately in expected directions with state and trait anxiety, self-assessed math achievement and skill as well temperamental traits of emotional reactivity, briskness, endurance, and perseverance. Average scores obtained by participants as well as gender differences and correlations with external measures were also similar across cultures. Beyond the cultural comparison, we used path model analyses to show that math anxiety relates to math grades and self-competence when controlling for trait anxiety. The current study shows transcultural validity of math anxiety assessment with the AMAS. |
| keywords in English: | AMAS, anxiety, math anxiety, confirmatory factor analysis, cross-cultural studies, healthy adults |
| affiliation: | Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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