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. 2016 Aug 24;7:1181. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01181

Table 5.

Factor loadings for the original Harari et al. (2013) MASYC model and the final MASYC-R model.

# Item Harari et al. (2013) model CFA results Final MASYC-R model CFA results
Negative reactions Numerical confidence Worry Negative reactions Numerical confidence Worry
ORIGINAL MASYC ITEMS
1 Math gives me a stomachache. 0.85 0.80
2 When it is time for math my head hurts. 0.89 0.80
3 When it is time for math my heart beats fast. 0.64
4 Figuring out if I have enough money to buy cookies and a drink is fun.* 0.22
5 I like doing math problems on the board in front of the class.* 0.70 0.67
6 I like to raise my hand in math class.* 0.81 0.80
7 I like doing a math problem like this: 124 + 329* 0.41
8 I like being called on in math class.* 0.87 0.89
9 I get nervous about making a mistake in math. 0.53 0.60
10 When the teacher calls on me to tell my answer to the class, I get nervous. 0.74 0.80
11 I am scared in math class. 0.91 0.90
12 Getting out my math books makes me nervous. 0.81
NEWLY-DEVELOPED ITEMS
14 I get worried before I take a math test. 0.71
16 My heart starts to beat fast if I have to do math in my head. 0.68
17 I get nervous when my teacher is about to teach something new in math. 0.73
18 I get worried when I don't understand something in math. 0.64
21 I feel nervous when I am doing math. 0.89
Latent correlation with negative reactions 0.60 0.92 0.62 0.90
Latent correlation with numerical confidence 0.68 0.62

All factor loadings were significant at p < 0.001 with the exception of item 4, which was significant at p < 0.01.

*

Indicates than an item was reverse-coded.