Fig. 3
From: Math anxiety affects career choices during development
Links between gender, math anxiety, and math intensity of career choice for university students. Among university students, gender was a significant predictor of math anxiety (β = − 0.260, t = − 2.67, P = 0.009, BF10 = 4.65), but did not predict career choice math intensity (β = 101, t = 1.01, P = 0.316, BF10 = 3.26), while math anxiety did (β = − 0.245, t = − 2.50, P = 0.014, BF10 = 3.26). Mediation analysis indicated a significant indirect effect of gender on career choice math intensity via math anxiety (95% CI 0.011 to 0.146; P = 0.012, as tested by a bias-corrected bootstrap procedure) [F(2, 97) = 3.19, P = 0.046, r2 = 0.062]