Authors :
Roslin Richard; Dr.Steephen Chellan
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6471826
Abstract :
The aim of this study is to investigate the
correlation between adolescent student respondents’
Fear of Mathematics and self-esteem in relation to their
anxiety levels and as well as to verify the gender
differences in these two anxieties and self-esteem; to
investigate whether the educational qualification of the
parent influences the fear of mathematics & also to
examine the predictors of Self-Esteem and Anxiety from
Fear of Mathematics among the adolescent student
respondents’.
In this study the researcher used the random
stratified sampling method. Data was obtained using a
24-item Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale-Revised
(MARS-R), 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
and 21 item Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The scores of
the three Tests were analyzed by using Karl Pearson
Correlation Coefficient to investigate the correlation
between Fear of mathematics, Self-Esteem and anxiety
level and an independent samples t-test in order to
examine gender differences in Fear of Mathematics,
Self-esteem and anxiety level, one way ANOVA Test to
investigate the difference in demographic variables
across their selected categorical variables and also the
Linear Regression Analysis to find the influence of Fear
of Mathematics on Self-Esteem and Anxiety level. A total
of 240 adolescent student respondents aged between 15
and 17were involved in this study, of three different
schools from Bangalore. Of the total 120 male and 120
female.
The study concludes that a significant negative
correlation between fear of math and self-esteem (r =-
.277* at p<0.01), a significant positive correlation
between fear of mathematics and anxiety (r = .471* at
p<0.01) furthermore there was a significant negative
correlation between anxiety and self-esteem (r = -.371* at
p<0.01). No significant gender differences were found in
Fear of mathematics, Self-esteem and in their anxiety
level among the adolescent’s student respondents.
Analysis of Variance analysis (ANOVA) indicated that
there are significant differences found in Fear of
Mathematics with regard to Educational Qualification of
both the father (p = 0.002 where p<.05 ) and mother (p =
0.028 where p<.05), for those student respondents whose
parents were below under-graduation. Linear
Regression analysis indicated that Fear of Mathematics
influences Self-Esteem negatively by 5.2% and Anxiety
level positively by 22.2%, asβ values indicate that the
variable emerges as a significant predictor.
This study emphasizes the significance in
understanding the fear of mathematics and its relational
study with self esteem and anxiety among the
adolescents. Implications of the findings are further
discussed in the study.
Keywords :
Adolescence, Fear, Mathematics, Anxiety, Mathematics anxiety, Self-esteem.
The aim of this study is to investigate the
correlation between adolescent student respondents’
Fear of Mathematics and self-esteem in relation to their
anxiety levels and as well as to verify the gender
differences in these two anxieties and self-esteem; to
investigate whether the educational qualification of the
parent influences the fear of mathematics & also to
examine the predictors of Self-Esteem and Anxiety from
Fear of Mathematics among the adolescent student
respondents’.
In this study the researcher used the random
stratified sampling method. Data was obtained using a
24-item Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale-Revised
(MARS-R), 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
and 21 item Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The scores of
the three Tests were analyzed by using Karl Pearson
Correlation Coefficient to investigate the correlation
between Fear of mathematics, Self-Esteem and anxiety
level and an independent samples t-test in order to
examine gender differences in Fear of Mathematics,
Self-esteem and anxiety level, one way ANOVA Test to
investigate the difference in demographic variables
across their selected categorical variables and also the
Linear Regression Analysis to find the influence of Fear
of Mathematics on Self-Esteem and Anxiety level. A total
of 240 adolescent student respondents aged between 15
and 17were involved in this study, of three different
schools from Bangalore. Of the total 120 male and 120
female.
The study concludes that a significant negative
correlation between fear of math and self-esteem (r =-
.277* at p<0.01), a significant positive correlation
between fear of mathematics and anxiety (r = .471* at
p<0.01) furthermore there was a significant negative
correlation between anxiety and self-esteem (r = -.371* at
p<0.01). No significant gender differences were found in
Fear of mathematics, Self-esteem and in their anxiety
level among the adolescent’s student respondents.
Analysis of Variance analysis (ANOVA) indicated that
there are significant differences found in Fear of
Mathematics with regard to Educational Qualification of
both the father (p = 0.002 where p<.05 ) and mother (p =
0.028 where p<.05), for those student respondents whose
parents were below under-graduation. Linear
Regression analysis indicated that Fear of Mathematics
influences Self-Esteem negatively by 5.2% and Anxiety
level positively by 22.2%, asβ values indicate that the
variable emerges as a significant predictor.
This study emphasizes the significance in
understanding the fear of mathematics and its relational
study with self esteem and anxiety among the
adolescents. Implications of the findings are further
discussed in the study.
Keywords :
Adolescence, Fear, Mathematics, Anxiety, Mathematics anxiety, Self-esteem.
