Jeryl D Benson, Alivia Cartwright, Kimberly A Szucs, Deborah Smitsky, Erica Chippich, Lauren Roebuck
Effectiveness of Video Prompting Versus Picture Prompting in Improving Daily Living Skills of Autistic Children
The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
growing literature examining association parents math anxiety childrens mathematics skills previous research considered parents math anxiety unidimensional construct primarily focused parents experiences mathematics however research account parents experiences mathematics children thus two goals present study 1 identify structure parents math anxiety considering contextdependent situations 2 determine whether parental math anxiety related childrens early numeracy skills conducted series confirmatory factor analyses using sample 155 preschool children mage 420 years sd 071 51 female best fitting model parents math anxiety bifactor model suggesting parents math anxiety best conceptualized multidimensional construct however structural equation models showed parent math anxiety significant predictor childrens numeracy performance findings provide foundation understanding parents math anxiety multidimensional raise questions potential mechanisms may explain prior work finding mixed relations math anxiety childrens numeracy performance