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ArticleThe British journal of developmental psychology2022

Executive functions, math anxiety and math performance in middle school students.

Marija Živković, Sandra Pellizzoni, Irene Cristina Mammarella, Maria Chiara Passolunghi

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Article in The British journal of developmental psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marija ŽivkovićDepartment of Life Sciences, Gaetano Kanizsa Psychology Unit, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-2903
Sandra PellizzoniDepartment of Life Sciences, Gaetano Kanizsa Psychology Unit, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4424-0925
Irene Cristina MammarellaDepartment of Development and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6986-4793
Maria Chiara PassolunghiDepartment of Life Sciences, Gaetano Kanizsa Psychology Unit, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6713-866X
University of Trieste · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies mainly investigated working memory (WM) and math anxiety (MA) leaving almost unexplored other aspects of executive functions (EFs) in middle school period. Filling the gap in the literature, the aims of this study were: (1) to better examine the relationship between MA and math performance, (2) to better examine the relationship between EFs and math performance and (3) to investigate the interplay between EFs and MA on math performances. This study confirmed a significant and negative relationship between MA and math performance, indicates a significant and positive relationship between visuospatial WM and math performance, shifting and math performance and highlight a scarcely investigated indirect influence of MA through the measure of shifting on math performance. Our findings shed further light on the mediating role of EFs between MA and math performance and underline some future perspectives.

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Executive FunctionMemory, Short-TermAnxietyHumansMathematicsStudentsexecutive functionsmath anxietymath performancemiddle school students

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PMID35394078
PMCPMC9543615
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