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- Title
Math Anxiety Differentially Affects WAIS-IV Arithmetic Performance in Undergraduates.
- Authors
Buelow, Melissa T.; Frakey, Laura L.
- Abstract
Previous research has shown that math anxiety can influence the math performance level; however, to date, it is unknown whether math anxiety influences performance on working memory tasks during neuropsychological evaluation. In the present study, 172 undergraduate students completed measures of math achievement (the Math Computation subtest from the Wide Range Achievement Test-IV), math anxiety (the Math Anxiety Rating Scale-Revised), general test anxiety (from the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College version), and the three Working Memory Index tasks from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV Edition (WAIS-IV; Digit Span [DS], Arithmetic, Letter-Number Sequencing [LNS]). Results indicated that math anxiety predicted performance on Arithmetic, but not DS or LNS, above and beyond the effects of gender, general test anxiety, and math performance level. Our findings suggest that math anxiety can negatively influence WAIS-IV working memory subtest scores. Implications for clinical practice include the utilization of LNS in individuals expressing high math anxiety.
- Subjects
MATH anxiety; ACADEMIC achievement; MENTAL arithmetic; UNDERGRADUATES; SHORT-term memory; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PERFORMANCE evaluation
- Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 4, p356
- ISSN
0887-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/arclin/act006