Intergenerational effects of parents’ math anxiety on children’s math achievement and anxiety

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1480-1488

  Maloney, Erin A ^a   Ramirez, Gerardo ^b   Gunderson, Elizabeth A ^c   Levine, Susan C ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive development; Educational psychology; Emotional development; Mathematics achievement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; READING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84943596739     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615592630     Document Type: Article

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