The interplay between ego-resiliency, math anxiety and working memory in math achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21533006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emilie Doz (0000-0003-3918-8728, University of Trieste), Alessandro Cuder (0000-0001-7767-4757, University of Trieste), Sandra Pellizzoni (0000-0002-4424-0925, University of Trieste), Federica Granello (0009-0006-4473-3670, University of Trieste), Maria Chiara Passolunghi (0000-0001-6713-866X, University of Trieste, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2401-2415 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-0727 • E-ISSN: 1430-2772 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00426-024-01995-0 |
| PMID | 38940822 |
| OpenAlex | W4400130391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 98 |
Previous research has suggested that math anxiety may contribute to poor math performance by interfering with working memory. However, only a limited number of studies investigated the mediating role of working memory in the math anxiety-math performance link in school-aged children. Unlike math anxiety, ego-resiliency is a personality resource that promotes the management of challenges and has been positively associated with math performance and negatively with anxiety. Nevertheless, there is still limited understanding regarding the specific role of ego-resiliency in math learning and how it relates to math anxiety. This study aimed to investigate conjunctly the interplay between primary school children’s ego-resiliency, math anxiety, working memory, and performance on two different math tasks (i.e., arithmetic task and word problem-solving task), after controlling for general anxiety and age. The study involved 185 Italian children from grades 3 to 5. Serial multi-mediational analyses revealed that: (1) ego-resiliency has a positive indirect effect on math achievement through two paths - math anxiety, and math anxiety and working memory; (2) the study replicated previous findings showing that working memory partially mediated the relationship between math anxiety and math performance; (3) similar patterns of results were found for both math skills. The study identifies ego-resiliency as a possible protective factor in the development of math anxiety and suggests that ego-resiliency could be worth considering when designing interventions aimed at reducing negative emotions towards mathematics
Anxiety · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Id, ego and super-ego · Mathematical anxiety · Working memory · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |