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.