Experiencing more mathematics anxiety than expected? Contrasting trait and state anxiety in high achieving students

Roos, Anna-Lena; Bieg, Madeleine; Götz, Thomas; Frenzel, Anne C.; Taxer, J.; Zeidner, Moshe

Experiencing more mathematics anxiety than expected? Contrasting trait and state anxiety in high achieving students

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Date

2015

Authors

Roos, Anna-Lena

Bieg, Madeleine

Götz, Thomas

Frenzel, Anne C.

Taxer, J.

Zeidner, Moshe

Publication type

Journal article

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Published

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High Ability Studies ; 26 (2015), 2. - pp. 245-258. - ISSN 1359-8139. - eISSN 1469-834X

Abstract

This study examined mathematics anxiety among high and low achieving students (N = 237, grades 9 and 10) by contrasting trait (habitual) and state (momentary) assessments of anxiety. Previous studies have found that trait anxiety measures are typically rated higher than state measures. Furthermore, the academic self-concept has been identified to play a moderating role in the trait-state discrepancy, with higher academic self-concept leading to a lower discrepancy (i.e. less overestimation of trait anxiety if state assessments reflect actual experience). Therefore, we assumed that high achievers who were expected to have high academic self-concepts would exhibit a smaller trait-state discrepancy than low achievers. Results confirmed these assumptions and revealed that high achievers even underestimated their trait anxiety. Implications are discussed.

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370 Education, School and Education System

Keywords

state, trait, intensity bias, anxiety, academic self-concept, high achievers

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ROOS, Anna-Lena, Madeleine BIEG, Thomas GÖTZ, Anne C. FRENZEL, J. TAXER, Moshe ZEIDNER, 2015. Experiencing more mathematics anxiety than expected? Contrasting trait and state anxiety in high achieving students. In: High Ability Studies. 26(2), pp. 245-258. ISSN 1359-8139. eISSN 1469-834X. Available under: doi: 10.1080/13598139.2015.1095078

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  title={Experiencing more mathematics anxiety than expected? Contrasting trait and state anxiety in high achieving students},
  number={2},
  volume={26},
  issn={1359-8139},
  journal={High Ability Studies},
  pages={245--258},
  author={Roos, Anna-Lena and Bieg, Madeleine and Götz, Thomas and Frenzel, Anne C. and Taxer, J. and Zeidner, Moshe}
}

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