Table 2.
Item means, standard deviations, item-total correlations, and planned factors based on Harari et al. (2013) and theory.
# | Item | Mean | SD | Item-total r | Planned factor | ||
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Negative reactions | Numerical confidence | Worry | |||||
ORIGINAL MASYC ITEMS | |||||||
1 | Math gives me a stomachache. | 1.32 | 0.85 | 0.54 | X | ||
2 | When it is time for math my head hurts. | 1.49 | 0.97 | 0.61 | X | ||
3 | When it is time for math my heart beats fast. | 1.93 | 1.21 | 0.47 | X | ||
4 | Figuring out if I have enough money to buy cookies and a drink is fun.* | 1.81 | 1.09 | 0.09 | X | ||
5 | I like doing math problems on the board in front of the class.* | 1.70 | 1.06 | 0.43 | X | ||
6 | I like to raise my hand in math class.* | 1.71 | 1.02 | 0.52 | (X) | X | |
7 | I like doing a math problem like this: 124 + 329* | 1.76 | 1.12 | 0.29 | X | ||
8 | I like being called on in math class.* | 1.67 | 1.04 | 0.52 | X | ||
9 | I get nervous about making a mistake in math. | 2.54 | 1.27 | 0.44 | X | ||
10 | When the teacher calls on me to tell my answer to the class, I get nervous. | 2.06 | 1.22 | 0.62 | X | ||
11 | I am scared in math class. | 1.36 | 0.84 | 0.65 | (X) | X | |
12 | Getting out my math books makes me nervous. | 1.29 | 0.78 | 0.56 | X | ||
NEWLY-DEVELOPED ITEMS | |||||||
14 | I get worried before I take a math test. | 2.38 | 1.26 | 0.52 | X | ||
16 | My heart starts to beat fast if I have to do math in my head. | 1.70 | 1.06 | 0.51 | X | ||
17 | I get nervous when my teacher is about to teach something new in math. | 1.63 | 1.04 | 0.55 | X | ||
18 | I get worried when I don't understand something in math. | 2.40 | 1.22 | 0.50 | X | ||
21 | I feel nervous when I am doing math. | 1.57 | 1.01 | 0.69 | X |
Items are presented in the table in the same order as in Harari et al. (2013); Higher numbers indicate higher anxiety on a scale from 1 to 4;
Indicates than an item was reverse-coded such that higher numbers are equivalent to lower confidence. If an X is in parentheses it indicates that Harari et al found that it also loaded on this factor, but not as strongly as another factor.