Gender Difference of Chinese High School Students' Math Anxiety: The Effects of Self-Esteem, Test Anxiety and General Anxiety

被引：49

作者：

Xie, Fang ^{[1
]}

Xin, Ziqiang ^{[2
]}

Chen, Xu ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Li ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Southwest Univ, Fac Psychol, 2 Tiansheng St, Chongqing, Peoples R China

[2] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Sociol & Psychol, 39 Xueyuannan Rd, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

SEX ROLES | 2019年 / 81卷 / 3-4期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Gender; Self-esteem; Math anxiety; Mediating effect; Chinese students; TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; MATHEMATICS ANXIETY; MORTALITY SALIENCE; LOCUS; ADOLESCENTS; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTORS; CHILDREN; BELIEFS; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1007/s11199-018-0982-9

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

The present study aimed to explore gender differences in, and the effects of, self-esteem on math anxiety. A total of 751 (450 young women) junior and senior high school students (12-18years-old) from China were recruited and requested to report their math anxiety, self-esteem, control beliefs, test anxiety, and general anxiety. Results revealed that young women showed a higher level of math anxiety compared with young men; no gender difference was found in math performance. Further, the pathway from self-esteem to math anxiety was different for young men and young women. For young men, apart from a direct effect on math anxiety, self-esteem had an indirect effect on math anxiety as mediated by control beliefs, test anxiety, and general anxiety. For young women, self-esteem only had an indirect effect on math anxiety as mediated by test anxiety and general anxiety. Our results indicated that improving self-esteem, test anxiety and general anxiety would be helpful for students' math anxiety.

引用

页码：235 / 244

页数：10

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