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Table 2 Results for regression models where age and gender, approaches to learning, and mathematics self-efficacy predict mathematics anxiety in STEM and social sciences student samples

From: Mathematics anxiety among STEM and social sciences students: the roles of mathematics self-efficacy, and deep and surface approach to learning

 

Dependent variable: math anxiety

 

Full sample

STEM sample

Social sciences sample

Predictors

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Intercept

5.853* (2.562)

20.756*** (1.888)

5.274 (2.865)

20.432*** (2.313)

4.993 (4.716)

21.688*** (3.206)

Age

0.086 (0.048)

0.008 (0.032)

0.147* (0.062)

−0.016 (0.045)

0.007 (0.077)

0.038 (0.047)

Gender

1.407** (0.510)

1.207*** (0.335)

1.927** (0.576)

1.682*** (0.397)

0.284 (0.995)

0.271 (0.605)

SAL

0.183** (0.056)

0.037 (0.038)

0.179** (0.066)

0.053 (0.047)

0.185 (0.100)

0.013 (0.062)

DAL

−0.074 (0.064)

−0.036 (0.042)

−0.150* (0.072)

−0.065 (0.050)

0.089 (0.126)

0.018 (0.077)

Student group

−0.628 (0.507)

0.104 (0.335)

    

Math self-efficacy

 

−1.427*** (0.083)

 

−1.350*** (0.107)

 

−1.560*** (0.134)

Model statistics

     

N

231

231

147

147

84

84

R2

0.116

0.622

0.183

0.615

0.046

0.652

Adjusted R2

0.097

0.612

0.160

0.601

−0.002

0.630

Residual SE (df)

3.584 (225)

2.350 (224)

3.338 (142)

2.300 (141)

3.945 (79)

2.399 (78)

F (df)

5.927*** (5; 225)

61.352*** (6; 224)

7.968*** (4; 142)

45.044*** (5; 141)

0.961 (4; 79)

29.205*** (5; 78)

  1. Regression coefficients are displayed (with standard errors in parentheses)
  2. SAL surface approach to learning; DAL deep approach to learning
  3. *p < 0.05
  4. **p < 0.01
  5. ***p < 0.001