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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Anxiety

Overview

  • Influence: Anxiety
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Emotions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
  • Influence Definition: An emotional state or trait that is a reaction to stress, potentially influencing performance positively or negatively. The most critical aspect is the coping strategies that children can be taught to deal with anxiety.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 22
  • Number of studies: 1,551
  • Number of students: 1,653,427
  • Number of effects: 4,983
  • Weighted mean effect size: -0.40
  • Robustness index: 5

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Review of Educational Research Hembree USA Correlates, Causes, Effects, and Treatment of Test Anxiety 1988 Test anxiety 46 28,276 176 -0.22
Journal of School Health Wang, Xu, & Wang China Analysis of meta-analysis of the factors influencing the anxiety of the examination of middle school students in China. 2014 Test anxiety 29 14,749 29 -0.29
Psychological Bulletin Barroso, Ganley, McGraw, Geer, Hart, & Daucourt USA A meta-analysis of the relation between math anxiety and math achievement 2020 Math anxiety and math achievement 223 385,441 747 -0.58
Review of Educational Research Namung, Peng, & Lin USA The relation between mathematics anxiety and mathematics performance among school-aged students: A meta-analysis. 2019 Test anxiety 131 0 478 -0.72
Korean Journal of Educational Psychology Bak & Im Korea A meta-analysis of test anxiety with related variables 2010 Test anxiety 195 0 1,538 -0.24
Australian Journal of Psychology Harris & Cumming USA An examination of the relationship between anxiety and performance on prospective and retrospective memory tasks 2003 Anxiety on performance 70 0 70 -0.35
Learning and Instruction Loderer, Pekrun, & Lester Germany Beyond cold technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis on emotions in technology-based learning environments.  2020 Anxiety 30 4,049 51 -0.35
Studies in Second Language Acquisition Teimouri, Goetze, & Plonsky USA Second language anxiety and achievement: A meta-analysis.  2019 Anxiety on L2 learning 97 1,933 105 -0.77
Educational Psychology Review Caviola, Toffalini, Giofrè, Ruiz, Szucs, & Mammarella Italy Math performance and academic anxiety forms, from sociodemographic to cognitive aspects: A meta-analysis on 906,311 participants.  2021 Math anxiety and math achievement 122 906,311 169 -0.63
Journal of School Psychology Fishstrom, Wang, Bhat, Daniel, Dille, Capin, & Vaughn USA A meta-analysis of the effects of academic interventions on academic achievement and academic anxiety outcomes in elementary school children.  2022 Anxiety reduction 13 1,545 13 0.63
Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College Young & Young USA Anxious for Answers: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Anxiety on African American K-12 Students' Mathematics Achievement.  2015 Anxiety and math for African American students 10 2,168 10 -0.77
Report Trassi, Leonard, Rodas, & Santos Brazil Mediating factors of Statistics Anxiety in university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2022 Anxiety University statistics students 39 10,892 39 -0.01
Frontiers in Psychology Zhang, Zhao, & Kong China The relationship between math anxiety and math performance: A meta-analytic investigation. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 1613. 2019 Anxiety 49 0 49 -0.63
Educational Research Review Fong, Krou, Johnston-Ashton, Hoff, Lin, & Gonzales USA LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes 2021 Anxiety 179 71,852 268 0.32
Pamukkale Üniversitesi Egitim Fakültesi Dergisi Bayirli, Gecici, & Erdem Turkey Matematik Kaygisi ile Matematik Basarisi Arasindaki Iliski: Bir Meta-Analiz Çalismasi. 2021 Math anxiety and math achievement 29 25,704 29 -0.78
Anxiety Research Seipp Germany Anxiety and academic performance: A meta-analysis of findings 1991 Anxiety on achievement 26 36,626 156 -0.43
Communication Education Bourhis & Allen USA meta-analysis of the relationship between communication apprehension and cognitive performance 1992 Communication apprehension 23 0 728 -0.37
Dissertation Taylor Canada Relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement in mathematics: A meta-analysis. 1995 Anxiety in math 25 22,189 47 -0.31
Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction Sad, Kis, Demir, & Ozer Turkey Meta-analysis of the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement 2016 Math anxiety and math achievement 11 8,327 11 -0.85
Book Erzen Turkey The Effect of Anxiety on Student Achievement 2017 Anxiety 151 115,086 151 -0.58
Dissertation Fitzgerald USA The relationship between anxiety and statistics achievement: A meta-analysis. 1996 Anxiety to statistics 27 0 82 -0.28
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Ma Canada A meta-analysis of the relationship between anxiety toward mathematics and achievement in mathematics 1999 Anxiety towards math and achievement 26 18,279 37 -0.56
TOTAL/AVERAGE 1,551 1,653,427 4,983 -0.40
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