Francesca Hill|Irene C. Mammarella|Amy Devine|Sara Caviola|Maria Chiara Passolunghi|Dénes Sz?cs
Maths anxiety in primary and secondary school students: Gender differences, developmental changes and anxiety specificity
University of Cambridge|University of Padua|University of Cambridge|University of Padua|University of Trieste|University of Cambridge
maths anxiety debilitating negative emotional reaction towards mathematics however research primary early secondary school surprisingly sparse inconsistent tested primary secondary students maths reading performance maths general anxiety ga examined gender differences developmental changes regarding mamaths performance link investigated whether linked academic domains reading andor anxietytypes ga results revealed girls exhibited higher boys educational levels whilst reliable negative correlation secondary students arithmetic performance relationship revealed primary students finally moderately correlated ga ga partialled remained significantly correlated secondary students arithmetic performance related reading performance ga controlled concluded negative mamaths performance link surfaces later educational timeline appears exclusively related maths independent ga