True Grit in Learning Math: The Math Anxiety-Achievement Link Is Mediated by Math-Specific Grit.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we tested a possible mechanism of the association between math anxiety and math achievement: the mediating role of math-specific grit (i.e., sustaining effort in the face of adversity when learning math). In Study 1, a sample of 10th grade students (N = 222) completed a battery of personality and attitude questionnaires, and math achievement was indexed by curriculum-based examination scores. Mediation analyses indicated that math-specific grit, but not domain-general grit, mediated the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement. In Study 2, we replicated and extended the above findings with another sample of 11th grade students (N = 465). Mediation analyses indicated that math-specific grit and math-specific procrastination played sequential mediating roles in t

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055855 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature