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ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2022

Mathematics anxiety-where are we and where shall we go?

Krzysztof Cipora, Flavia H Santos, Karin Kucian, Ann Dowker

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Article in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Trait and state mathematics anxiety in autistic and non-autistic school-aged boys.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Krzysztof CiporaCentre for Mathematical Cognition, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0077-9336
Flavia H SantosUCD Music and Math Cognition, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-2592-9038
Karin KucianCenter for MR-Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9015-7655
Ann DowkerDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Loughborough University · GBUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CHUniversity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss several largely undisputed claims about mathematics anxiety (MA) and propose where MA research should focus, including theoretical clarifications on what MA is and what constitutes its opposite pole; discussion of construct validity, specifically relations between self-descriptive, neurophysiological, and cognitive measures; exploration of the discrepancy between state and trait MA and theoretical and practical consequences; discussion of the prevalence of MA and the need for establishing external criteria for estimating prevalence and a proposal for such criteria; exploration of the effects of MA in different groups, such as highly anxious and high math-performing individuals; classroom and policy applications of MA knowledge; the effects of MA outside educational settings; and the consequences of MA on mental health and well-being.

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AnxietyAnxiety DisordersHumansMathematicsmathematics anxietymathematics performancepsychology

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PMID35322431
PMCPMC9542812
OpenAlexW4221074036

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