ERIC Number: EJ1389500
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
EISSN: EISSN-1940-0683
Mathematics Anxiety, Self-Concept, and Self-Efficacy: A Multidimensional Scaling Consideration of Measures
Klee, Holly L.; Miller, Angela D.; Buehl, Michelle M.
Journal of Experimental Education, v91 n3 p494-516 2023
Social cognitive theory suggests students with low mathematics self-concept and low mathematics self-efficacy often display high mathematics anxiety. A better understanding of the antecedents of mathematics anxiety could lead to more effective interventions. However, findings from empirical research examining mathematics self-concept and self-efficacy as related to mathematics anxiety are inconsistent, perhaps due to overlapping definitions and operationalization. We investigated the relations of mathematics anxiety, self-concept, and self-efficacy using multidimensional scaling. Attention was given to the relationships across varying levels of specificity of self-efficacy (e.g., course, task, and problem). Participants were undergraduate students in an introductory quantitative reasoning course (N = 457). We found that mathematics self-efficacy occupied a distinct space, but there is considerable overlap in the areas of mathematics anxiety and self-concept. This study contributes to the literature on how these constructs are defined operationally and provides guidance on the use of measures for future studies on the antecedents of mathematics anxiety.
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics Anxiety, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Undergraduate Students, Measurement Techniques
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Description Questionnaire; Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
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