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Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants

Authors: Caviola, S., Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., Mercader Ruiz, J., Szűcs, D. & Mammarella, I. C. · Year: 2021 · Tier: meta · DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5

Primary school (grades 1–6) Lower secondary (grades 7–9) Upper secondary Adults / lifelong learning Emotion, stress and arousal

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Supports (1)

Claim	Basis
C25	Kill-condition test survived 2026-11-03: test anxiety–maths performance r = −.23 [−.26, −.19]; children vs adults not a moderator; maths only, correlational.

Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.

Source note

Syntes: Caviola et al. (2021) — test anxiety and maths performance r = −.23 across children and adults

Källa: Caviola, S., Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., Mercader Ruiz, J., Szűcs, D. & Mammarella, I. C. (2021). Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants. Educational Psychology Review 34(1), 363–399 (online 2021, issue 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5

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[abstract] 177 studies, 906,311 participants; both maths anxiety and test anxiety had a significant impact on mathematics; sociodemographic moderators modest; working memory a weak mediator.
[full text] Test anxiety and maths performance r = −.23 (95% CI −.26 to −.19), high heterogeneity; children versus adults not a significant moderator.

Limits

[assessment] Maths only; correlational; partly the same primary studies as von der Embse et al. 2018.
[assessment] Tests C25's kill line "weaker than about r = −0.1" (survived 2026-11-03).

Why it is in the library

A large meta-analysis separating test anxiety from maths anxiety across children and adults.

Added 2026-11-03 by the project (nightly attacks; read: full text). [abstract] = from the published abstract; [full text] = read in the full text; [assessment] = the project's own assessment.

Metadata as recorded

ID: EMO-007
Tier: meta
Titel: Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants
Författare: Caviola, S., Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., Mercader Ruiz, J., Szűcs, D. & Mammarella, I. C.
År: 2021 (Educational Psychology Review 34(1), 363–399 (online 2021, issue 2022))
Källa/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5
Typ: meta-analysis (177 studies, 906,311 participants overall), maths anxiety and test anxiety versus maths performance
Åldersgrupp: grundskola-lag;grundskola-hog;gymnasium;vuxen-livslangt
Teman: emotion-stress-arousal
Hämtad: 2026-11-03
Paywall: open access (CC BY)
Verifierad: Crossref metadata (title, authors, journal, volume, date, licence) checked 2026-11-03
Tillagd: nightly-attacks 2026-11-03 (kind: new); links pending human review

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