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ERIC Number: EJ1450896
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
EISSN: EISSN-1878-5174
Expectancies, Values, and Task Persistence Can Alleviate the Negative Effects of Math Anxiety on Math Performance
Triinu Kilp-Kabel; Kaja Mädamürk
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v40 n1 Article 17 2025
The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement, highlighting differences in motivation based on age, and the mediating effects of task persistence as well as aspects of the expectancy-value theory. The students in the study (grade five N = 335, grade eight N = 251) were from Estonian schools and completed questionnaires about achievement motivation as well as math tasks during the 2021/2022 school year. Results showed that students in grade eight report lower scores in motivation when compared to students in grade five. Additionally, task persistence mediated the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in grade five but not in grade eight. Self-efficacy, interest value, and effort cost mediated the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in both grades five and eight, while attainment value and utility value did not. This indicates that the possible positive cognitive and affective effects aid in relieving, while effort cost may increase the negative effect of anxiety on math achievement.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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