[German version of the math anxiety questionnaire (FRA) for 6- to 9-year-old children].

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OBJECTIVES: Is the FRA a reliable and valid instrument? Are there any gender differences concerning math anxiety? Are there any developmental changes in this regard in the course of the early grades? METHODS: Together with the dyscalculia test TEDI-MATH, the FRA was presented to a total of 450 children from the first to the third grade of primary school (at least 40 girls and 40 boys per semester). RESULTS: The total scale has an internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) between 0.83 and 0.91....

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Authors: Krinzinger, H; Kaufmann, L; Dowker, A; Thomas, G; Graf, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 341-351
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917.35.5.341
• ISSN: 1422-4917
• Language: German
• Keywords: Humans; Learning Disorders; Attitude; Aptitude; Mathematics; Reproducibility of Results; Questionnaires; Child; Anxiety Disorders; Socioeconomic Factors; Austria; Psychometrics; Sex Factors