A confirmatory factor analysis of the mathematics anxiety scale for children

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-26

  Beasley, Mark T ^a   Long, Jeffrey D ^b   Natali, Michele ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040440330     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2001.12069019     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Anton, W. D., & Klisch, M. C. (1995). Perspectives on mathematics anxiety and test anxiety. In C. D. Spielberger & P. R. Vagg (Eds.), Test anxiety: Theory, assestment and treatment Series in clinical and community psychology (pp. 93-106). Washington. DC. Taylor & Francis.
2. Bandalos, D. L., Yates, K., & Thorndike-Christ. T. (1995 ). Effects of math self-concept, perceived self-efficacy, and attributions for failure and success on test anxiety. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 611-623.
3. Bander, R., & Betz, N. E. (1981). The relationship of sex and sex role to trait and situationally specific anxiety types. Journal of Research on Personality, 15, 312-322.
4. Bernstein, I. H., & Teng, G. (1989). Factoring items and factoring scales are different: Spurious evidence for multidimensionality due to item categorization. Phychological Bulletin, 105, 467-477.
5. Betz, N. E. (1978). Prevalence, distribution, and correlates of math anxiety in college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 25, 441-448.
6. Bollen, K. A., & Barb, K. H. (1981). Pearson's R and coarsely cateconrized measures, Amencan Sociological Review, 46, 232-239.
7. Browne, M. W., & Cudeck, R. (1993). Alternative ways of asessing model fit. In K. .A Bollen & J .S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136-162) Newburry Park, CA: Sage.
8. Brush, L. (1978), A validation study of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MAKS) Educational and Psychological Measurement, 38, 485-490
9. Brush, L. R. (1981), Some thoughts for teachers on mathematics anxiety, Arithmetic Teacher, 29(4), 37-39.
10. Cattell, R. B. (1966), The scree test for the number of factor Multivariate Behavioral Research. I, 245-276.
11. Chan, W., Yung, Y. F., & Bentler, P. M. (1995) A note on using an unbrased weight matrix in the ADF test statistic. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 30, 453-459.
12. Chipman, S. F., Krantz, D. H., & Silver, R. (1992). Mathematics anxiety and science careers among able college women. Psychological Science, 3, 292-295.
13. Chiu, L. H., & Henry, L. L. ( 1990). Development and validation of the Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Children. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 23, 121-127.
14. Chou, C. P., Bentler, P. M., & Satorra, A. ( 1991). Scaled test statistics and robust standard errors for non-normal data in covariance structure analysis: A Monte Carlo study. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 44, 347-357.
15. Cohen. J. (1992). A power primer. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 155-159.
16. Cooper, S. E., & Robinson, D. A. (1989). The influence of gender and anxiety on mathematics performance. Journal of College Student Development, 30, 459-461.
17. Cooper, S. E., & Robinson. D. A. ( 1991 ). The relationship of mathematics self-efficacy beliefs to mathematics anxiety and performance. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 24, 4-11.
18. Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16, 297-334.
19. Dew, K. M., Galassi, V. P., & Galassi, M. D. (1983). Mathematics anxiety: Some basic issues. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 30, 443-446.
20. Dew, K. M., Galassi, V. P., & Galassi, M. D. (1984). Math anxiety: Relation with situational test anxiety, performance, physiological arousal, and math avoidance behavior. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 31, 580-583.
21. Dreger, R., & Aiken, L. (1957). The identification of number anxiety. Journal of Educational Psychology, 48. 344-351.
22. Engelhard, G., Jr. (1990). Math anxiety, mother's education, and the mathematics performance of adolescent boys and girls: Evidence from the United States and Thailand. Journal of Psychology, 124, 289-298.
23. Fennema, E., & Sherman, J. (1976). Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitude Scales: Instruments designed to measure attitudes toward the learning of mathematics by males and females. Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 6(3, Ms. 1225, 1-32).
24. Gilbert, S. (1984). The Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Tests/Cognitive Abilities Test. In D. J. Keyser & R. C. Sweetland (Eds.), Test critiques (pp. 421-435). Kansas City, MO: Westport.
25. Handel, D. A. ( 1980), Experimental and effective correlates of math anxiety in adult women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 5, 219-230.
26. Hembree, R. (1990), The nature, effects, and relief of mathematics anxiety. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 21, 33-46.
27. Ho, H., Senturk. D., Lam, A. G., Zimmer, J. M., Hong, S., Okamoto, Y., Chiu, S., Nakazawa, Y., & Wang, C. (2000). The affective and cognitive dimensions of math anxiety: A cross-national study. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 31, 362-379.
28. Hu, L., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6, 1-55.
29. Johnson, D. R., & Creech, J. C. (1983). Ordinal measures in multiple indicator models: A simulation study of categorization error. American Sociological Review, 48, 398-407.
30. Jöreskog, K. G. (1994). On the estimation of polychoric correlations and their asymptotic covariance matrix. Psychometrika, 59, 381-389.
31. Jöreskog, K. G., & Sörbom, D. (1996a). LlSREL VIII: User's reference guide. Chicago: Scientific Software International.
32. Jöreskog, K. G., & Sörbom, D. (1996b). PRELIS 2: User 's reference guide. Chicago: Scientific Software International.
33. Kazelskis, R. (1998). Some dimensions of mathematics anxiety: A factor analysis across instruments. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 58, 623-633.
34. Lalonde, R. N., & Gardner, R. C. (1993). Statistics as a second language? A model for predicting performance in psychology students. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 25, 108-125.
35. Ma, X. (1999). A meta-analysis of the relationship between anxiety m mathematics and achievement in mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30, 520-540.
36. McLcod, D. B. (1994). Research on affect in mathematics and learning in the JRME: 1970 to the present. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 25. 637-647.
37. Morris, L. W., Davis.M. A., & Hutchings, C. H. (1981). Cognitive and emotional components of anxiety: Literature review and a revised Worry-Emotionality scale. Journal of Educational Psychology, 73, 541-555.
38. Morris, L. W., & Liebert, R. M. (1970). Relationship of cognitive and emotional components of testanxiety to physiological arousal and academic performance Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 35, 332-337
39. Muthén, B., & Kaplan, D. (1985). A comparison of some mothodologies for the factor analysis of non-normal Likert variables. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Phychology, 38, 171-189.
40. Nunnally, J. C., & Bernstein, I. H. (1994). Phychometric theory (3rd ed.) New York. McGraw. Hill.
41. Olsson, U. (1979). On the robustness of factor analysis against crude classification of the observations. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 14. 485-500.
42. Olsson, U., Drasgrow, F., & Dorans, N. J., (1982). The polyserial correlation coefficient. Psychonometrika, 47, 337-347.
43. Phillips, J. L. (1969). The origins and intellect: Piaget's theory. San Francisco: Freeman.
44. Piaget, J. (1969). Judgement and reasoning in the child. Totowa, NJ: Littlefield Adams.
45. Plake, B. S., & Parker C. S. (1982). The development and validation of a revised version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 42, 551-557.
46. Resnick, H., Viehe, J., & Segal, S. (1982). Is math anxiety a local phenomenon? A study of prevalence and dimensionality. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 27. 39-47.
47. Richardson, F. C., & Suinn, R. M. (1972). The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale. Psychometric data. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 19, 551-554.
48. Richardson, F. C.,& Woofolk, R. (1980). Mathematics anxiety. In I. Sarason (Ed.), Test anxiety: Theory research, and application (pp. 271-288). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
49. Rounds, J., & Hendel, D. (1980). Measurement and dimensionality of mathematics anxiety. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 27, 138-149.
50. Sarason, I. G. (1986). Test, anxiety, worry, and cognitive interference. In R. Schwarzer (Ed.), Self-related cognitions in anxiety and motivation (pp. 13-33). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
51. Satake, E., & Amato, P. P. (1995). Mathematics anxiety and achievement among Japanese elementary school students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 55, 1000-1007.
52. Spielberger, C. D. (1973). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Redwood City, CA: Mind Garden.
53. Spielberger, C. D. (1997). Bibliography of research with the State-Trail Anxiety Inventory for Children. Redwood City, CA: Mind Garden.
54. Spielberger, C. D., Edwards, C. D., Lushene, R., Montuori, J., Platzek, D. (2000). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.
55. Suinn, R. M. (1988). Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale-E (MARS-E). Fort Collins, CO. Rocky Mountain Behavioral Science Institute.
56. Suinn, R. M., & Edwards, R. W. (1982). The measurement of mathematics anxiety: The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Adolescents, MARS-A. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 576-580.
57. Suinn, R. M., Taylor, S., & Edwards, R. W. (1988). Suinn Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Elementary School Students: Psychometric and normative data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 48, 979-986.
58. Thorndike, R. L., & Hagen, E. P. (1993). Cognitive Abilities Test, Form 5, Level D. Chicago: Riverside.
59. Tobias, S. (1978). Overcoming math anxiety. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
60. Wigfield, A., & Meece, J. L. (1988). Math anxiety in elementary and secondary school students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 210-216.
61. Zwick, W. R., & Velicer, W. F. (1986). Comparison of five rules for determining the number of components to retain. Psychological Bulletin, 99, 432-442.