ERIC Number: EJ1475266
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1522-7227
EISSN: EISSN-1522-7219
Available Date: 2025-06-17
Math Anxiety, Activities, and Skills: Evidence from US Latine Families
Paola Montufar Soria1; Jimena Cosso2; David Purpura3; Gigliana Melzi1
Infant and Child Development, v34 n3 e70030 2025
Findings from previous work show that caregivers' math anxiety moderates the positive association between caregiver-child math activities and child math outcomes. Most of this research, however, has focused on elementary school children, primarily White populations, and used mainstream measures. The present study examined the associations between caregiver-child math activities, caregiver math anxiety, and caregiver rating of child numeracy skills with 828 US Latine families (Mage-child = 3.72, SD = 1.25) and used a culturally grounded measure. We found that caregiver-child math activities and caregiver math anxiety were each related to childrens numeracy skills. Additionally, caregiver math anxiety negatively moderated the association between caregiver-child math activities and childrens' numeracy skills, such that the association only held at lower-than-average levels of math anxiety. The results of the study enhance our understanding of the factors that shape how US Latine families support young childrens early.
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Skills, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Numeracy, Hispanic Americans, Family Involvement, Young Children
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA; 2Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; 3Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA