A Spanish version of the short Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (sMARS)

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-210

  Núñez Peña, M Isabel ^a   Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena ^a   Guilera, Georgina ^a   Mercadé Carranza, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Factor analysis; Mathematics anxiety; Mathematics education; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875240906     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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