Table 7.
Correlations between math anxiety factors and other key variables.
| MASYC NR | MASYC NC | MASYC W | MASYC-R NR | MASYC-R NC | MASYC-R W | Gen anx | Math conf | Math int | Math imp | Math perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASYC negative reactions | 1 | ||||||||||
| MASYC numerical confidence | 0.72** | 1 | |||||||||
| MASYC worry | 0.98** | 0.77** | 1 | ||||||||
| MASYC-R negative reactions | 0.93** | 0.71** | 0.94** | 1 | |||||||
| MASYC-R numerical confidence | 0.70** | 0.98** | 0.76** | 0.73** | 1 | ||||||
| MASYC-R worry | 0.87** | 0.69** | 0.91** | 0.97** | 0.73** | 1 | |||||
| General anxiety | 0.54** | 0.43** | 0.57** | 0.62** | 0.45** | 0.66** | 1 | ||||
| Math confidence | −0.47** | −0.50** | −0.51** | −0.53** | −0.51** | −0.54** | −0.51** | 1 | |||
| Math interest | −0.52** | −0.55** | −0.53** | −0.52** | −0.54** | −0.52** | −0.39** | 0.59** | 1 | ||
| Math importance | −0.36** | −0.49** | −0.37** | −0.36** | −0.47** | −0.34** | −0.27** | 0.44** | 0.54** | 1 | |
| Math performance | −0.14* | −0.06 | −0.13* | −0.19** | −0.08 | −0.20** | −0.13* | 0.11 | 0.08 | −0.04 | 1 |
Correlations with math performance are partial correlations in which grade is partialled out because there are large grade differences in math performance.
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