The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Applicability and Utility in a Sample of Japanese Elementary School Children

IF 1.6 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY International Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1002/ijop.70015

Yoshifumi Ikeda, Yosuke Kita, Riko Takagi, Kento Suzuki, Irene Cristina Mammarella, Sara Caviola, Silvia Lanfranchi, Francesca Pulina, David Giofrè

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Math anxiety negatively affects math performance and future career choices in math-related fields. Various tools assess math anxiety, but the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) is noteworthy for its ease of administration and good psychometric properties. This study evaluates the AMAS's applicability and utility in a sample of approximately 170 Japanese elementary-school children. Findings indicate that the Japanese version of the AMAS has very good internal consistency, good test–retest reliability and validity, both convergent and concurrent. Results from a multigroup analysis showed that the scale shows no gender bias, although girls scored higher on the AMAS despite similar performance to boys on a standardised math test. These findings highlight the AMAS's potential as a screening tool for math anxiety in young children.

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简略数学焦虑量表（AMAS）：日本小学生样本的适用性和实用性

数学焦虑会对数学成绩和未来在数学相关领域的职业选择产生负面影响。各种各样的工具评估数学焦虑，但缩写数学焦虑量表（AMAS）值得注意的是其易于管理和良好的心理测量特性。本研究以约170名日本小学生为样本，评估其适用性与效用。研究结果表明，日文版本的量表具有很好的内部一致性、良好的重测信度和效度，既有收敛性，也有并发性。多组分析的结果显示，该量表没有性别偏见，尽管女孩在AMAS中的得分更高，但在标准化数学测试中的表现与男孩相似。这些发现突出了AMAS作为幼儿数学焦虑筛查工具的潜力。

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International Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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