This book covers the current mathematics anxiety literature and focuses on the definitions, nature, causes, measurement, effects, and treatments of the construct of mathematics anxiety. A particular attention is paid to the measurement of mathematics anxiety. Psychometric properties of the RMARS were investigated through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and was found to be inadequate according to several fit indices. After several modifications, a second CFA of the modified instrument showed adequate properties. Concurrent validity of the instrument was found from significant...

No general theory has been formulated to show interrelations among a collection of variables that are related to statistics anxiety. This book is an attempt to develop a comprehensive model that would predict statistics anxiety from several dispositional, situational, and environmental antecedents derived from the current literature. The dispositional and situational antecedents showed meaningful relations with statistics anxiety. The environmental antecedents were not a significant contributor; however, they were significantly related to the other variables. The present study ...