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Exploring the nature of math anxiety in young children: Intensity, prevalence, reasons

Monika Szczygieła Institute of Psychology, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Barbara Pieronkiewiczb Institute of Mathematics, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-8408
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Pages 248-266 | Received 26 Apr 2020, Accepted 25 Jan 2021, Published online: 11 Feb 2021

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Laura Galeano, Christine Fawcett, Linda Forssman & Gustaf Gredebäck. (2023) Early Childhood Educators’ Math Anxiety and Its Relation to Their Pedagogic Actions in Swedish Preschools. Journal of Cognition and Development 0:0, pages 1-27.
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Riikka Mononen, Markku Niemivirta, Johan Korhonen, Marcus Lindskog & Anna Tapola. (2022) Developmental relations between mathematics anxiety, symbolic numerical magnitude processing and arithmetic skills from first to second grade. Cognition and Emotion 36:3, pages 452-472.
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Anna Maria Rawlings, Markku Niemivirta, Johan Korhonen, Marcus Lindskog, Heta Tuominen & Riikka Mononen. (2023) Achievement emotions and arithmetic fluency – Development and parallel processes during the early school years. Learning and Instruction 86, pages 101776.
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Jingu Kim, Yun-Jeong Shin & Daeun Park. (2023) Peer network in math anxiety: A longitudinal social network approach. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 232, pages 105672.
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Mehmet Hayri Sarı & Monika Szczygieł. (2022) The role of math anxiety in the relationship between approximate number system and math performance in young children. Psychology in the Schools 60:4, pages 912-930.
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Mary DePascale, Lucas Payne Butler & Geetha B. Ramani. (2023) The relation between math anxiety and play behaviors in 4- to 6-year-old children. Journal of Numerical Cognition 9:1, pages 89-106.
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Elien Bellon, Elsje van Bergen & Ann Derore Dowker. (2022) Is Parental Mathematics Anxiety Associated with Young Children’s Arithmetical Performance?. Education Sciences 12:11, pages 812.
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Riikka Sorvo, Noona Kiuru, Tuire Koponen, Tuija Aro, Helena Viholainen, Timo Ahonen & Mikko Aro. (2022) Longitudinal and situational associations between math anxiety and performance among early adolescents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1514:1, pages 174-186.
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Linval Mitchell & Lois George. (2022) Exploring mathematics anxiety among primary school students: Prevalence, mathematics performance and gender. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 17:3, pages em0692.
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Ann Dowker & Hannah Sheridan. (2022) Relationships Between Mathematics Performance and Attitude to Mathematics: Influences of Gender, Test Anxiety, and Working Memory. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Courtney Pollack, Dayna Wilmot, Tracy M. Centanni, Kelly Halverson, Isabelle Frosch, Anila M. D'Mello, Rachel R. Romeo, Andrea Imhof, Jimmy Capella, Karolina Wade, Noor Z. Al Dahhan, John D. E. Gabrieli & Joanna A. Christodoulou. (2021) Anxiety, Motivation, and Competence in Mathematics and Reading for Children With and Without Learning Difficulties. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
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