ERIC Number: EJ1461584
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1033-2170
EISSN: EISSN-2211-050X
Available Date: 2024-03-12
Profiles of General, Test, and Mathematics Anxiety in 9- and 12-Year-Olds: Relations to Gender and Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics Education Research Journal, v37 n1 p161-186 2025
As international focus increasingly turns to the need to build a future mathematics workforce, research has aimed to better understand the salient individual and contextual factors that influence maths engagement and achievement across development. This study investigates self-reported general anxiety, test anxiety, and maths anxiety in two cohorts of Australian students aged 9-10 years (n = 158) and 12-13 years (n = 115) and associations with maths achievement and gender. Test and maths anxiety were negatively correlated with maths achievement and there were no gender differences in maths achievement. Cross-sectional latent profile analyses established two anxiety profiles in the older cohort (low and high across all anxiety measures) and a more complex five-profile solution for the younger cohort (various combinations of anxiety). Members of profiles with higher levels of test and mathematics anxiety had lower maths achievement, with girls over-represented in these profiles.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Mathematics Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Student Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Queensland University of Technology, QUT, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Kelvin Grove, Australia; 2Queensland University of Technology, QUT, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Kelvin Grove, Australia; 3Queensland University of Technology, QUT, School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Kelvin Grove, Australia