Table 8.

Correlations between anxiety measures and ratings of mathematical expressions in Study 4 (N = 33).

Complexity					Estimated Accuracy					Emotionality
	Easy	Moderate	Hard	All		Easy	Moderate	Hard	All		Easy	Moderate	Hard	All
AAI MATH	−0.06	0.52	0.44	0.45	AAI MATH	−0.07	−0.61	−0.57	−0.68	AAI MATH	0.05	−0.70	−0.63	−0.60
AAI SCIENCE	−0.19	0.08	0.17	0.08	AAI SCIENCE	−0.07	−0.06	−0.12	−0.05	AAI SCIENCE	0.01	−0.03	−0.03	−0.02
AAI TEST	0.37	0.17	0.07	0.19	AAI TEST	−0.21	−0.18	−0.14	−0.06	AAI TEST	−0.06	−0.07	−0.001	−0.06
AAI TRAIT	0.08	0.27	0.31	0.27	AAI TRAIT	−0.005	−0.42	−0.48	−0.52	AAI TRAIT	−0.06	−0.44	−0.54	−0.43
AAI WRITING	−0.16	0.10	0.21	0.11	AAI WRITING	0.03	0.09	−0.10	−0.03	AAI WRITING	0.17	−0.06	−0.08	0.07
MARS	0.22	0.40	0.36	0.40	MARS	−0.21	−0.40	−0.40	−0.36	MARS	0.09	−0.29	−0.28	−0.23
STAI	0.12	0.39	0.33	0.36	STAI	−0.19	−0.33	−0.33	−0.42	STAI	0.02	−0.33	−0.26	−0.27
TAI	0.20	0.25	0.26	0.28	TAI	−0.31	−0.20	−0.31	−0.39	TAI	−0.06	−0.31	−0.31	−0.31

Correlations listed in bold are significant at α = 0.05, items significant at α = 0.01 are listed in bold italics. Participants rated mathematical expressions on their perceived complexity (1: simple, 7: complex), estimated ability to do the problem correctly (1: unlikely, low estimated accuracy, 7: very likely, high estimated accuracy), and how they would feel if they were asked to work on that math problem (1: negative, 7: positive).