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International Journal of STEM Education

Table 8 Mean and standard error of PFAI dimensions by model type

From: Quantifying fear of failure in STEM: modifying and evaluating the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) for use with STEM undergraduates

 

Complete Fall 2018 sample

Mean (SE) a

PEER subsampleb

Mean (SE) a

 

Original Conroy model

Original model + STEM-specific language

(Step 1)

Revised model;

(Step 5)

Original model + STEM-specific language

(Step 1)

Revised model;

(Step 5)

Overall FF

2.43 (.024)A

2.47 (.023)A

2.55 (0.13)A

2.63 (0.07)A

2.69 (0.07)B

FUF

1.46 (.030) A

1.69 (.034)B

2.76 (0.09)C

2.68 (0.07)A

2.82 (0.09)B

FIOLI

2.22 (.031)A

2.12 (.030)B

2.12 (.030)B

2.08 (0.08)A

2.08 (0.08)A

FUIO

2.30 (.031)A

2.40 (.031)B

2.65 (0.12)C

2.60 (0.08)A

2.75 (0.09)B

FSE

3.30 (.030)A

3.24 (.032)A

3.18 (0.06)A

2.98 (0.09)A

3.12 (0.10)B

FDSE

2.87 (.029)A

2.88 (.032)A

N/Ac

2.80 (0.08)

N/Ac

  1. Notes:a Means with differing subscripts are significantly different at p < .05 based on paired samples t-tests b Approximately 60% (n = 166) of our total PEER sample responded to the full set of the 25 original PFAI items with STEM-specific language, allowing for direct comparison of means between the original model with STEM-specific language and the revised model. cThe FDSE subscale was dropped from the revised measure, so there is no descriptive information to display
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