Mathematical and Statistics Anxiety: Educational, Social, Developmental and Cognitive Perspectives

• Main Author: Irene Cristina Mammarella (auth)
• Other Authors: Denes Szucs (auth), Erin Anne Maloney (auth), Carlo Tomasetto (auth), Caterina Primi (auth), Kinga Morsanyi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Measurement; Statistics anxiety; Anxiety specificity; developmental change; emotional factors; Mathematical anxiety; mathematics performance; gender differences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mathematical anxiety is a feeling of tension, apprehension or fear which arises when a person is faced with mathematical content. The negative consequences of mathematical anxiety are well-documented. Students with high levels of mathematical anxiety might underperform in important test situations,...