Carmen DAVID1, Sofia Augusta LAZA2
carmen.david@ubbcluj.ro
1 Special Education Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University;
2 MA in Psychological techniques for behavior management and the development of human potential
Abstract
The current study examines the factorial structure of a modified version of the Math Anxiety Questionnaire (Wigfield & Meece, 1988). We conducted an exploratory factor analysis on a 5th-grade Romanian sample and found support for a three-factor structure. A Math test and evaluation factor added to the original two-factor structure of worry and negative affect. Results are discussed in the light of possible implications for Math anxiety assessment and intervention in Romanian students.
Please cite this article as: David, C., & Laza, S. A. (2019). AN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF MATH ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE IN A 5TH-GRADE ROMANIAN SAMPLE–A PRELIMINARY STUDY. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 19(2), 135-147.
Keywords: Math anxiety, exploratory factor analysis
DOI: 10.24193/jebp.2019.2.18
Published online: 2019/09/01
Published print: 2019/09/01
