A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety
Math anxiety is a prevalent disorder which affects many people worldwide. Here, we draw together ample evidence to suggest a dynamic developmental bio-psycho-social model. The model highlights the complex pathways towards the development of math anxiety, with a focus on dynamism. That is, math anxie...
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| description | Math anxiety is a prevalent disorder which affects many people worldwide. Here, we draw together ample evidence to suggest a dynamic developmental bio-psycho-social model. The model highlights the complex pathways towards the development of math anxiety, with a focus on dynamism. That is, math anxiety is viewed here as a dynamic interplay between environmental (parenting style, as well as social style including teachers’ attitude, instruction strategies and wider social effects) and intrinsic factors (i.e., neuro-cognitive and genetic predispositions, including brain malfunctions, heritability, predisposition towards general anxiety) and basic numerical cognition and affective factors. The model predicts that the dynamic interplay between these factors can either prevent or promote math anxiety’s effects on the development of heterogeneous symptoms. Considering the universal nature of math anxiety, a systematic description of the vulnerability factors that contribute to the development of math anxiety is vital. Such information may be of particular value in informing the design of preventive interventions as well as of specific intervention tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c41f0efdde944b5f90e795231ed6d54c2022-12-22T00:56:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532018-12-011210.3389/fnbeh.2018.00291415955A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math AnxietyOrly Rubinsten0Orly Rubinsten1Hadas Marciano2Hadas Marciano3Hili Eidlin Levy4Hili Eidlin Levy5Lital Daches Cohen6Lital Daches Cohen7Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Psychology, Tel Hai College, Kiryat-Shmona, IsraelErgonomics and Human Factors Unit, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelEdmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelEdmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelMath anxiety is a prevalent disorder which affects many people worldwide. Here, we draw together ample evidence to suggest a dynamic developmental bio-psycho-social model. The model highlights the complex pathways towards the development of math anxiety, with a focus on dynamism. That is, math anxiety is viewed here as a dynamic interplay between environmental (parenting style, as well as social style including teachers’ attitude, instruction strategies and wider social effects) and intrinsic factors (i.e., neuro-cognitive and genetic predispositions, including brain malfunctions, heritability, predisposition towards general anxiety) and basic numerical cognition and affective factors. The model predicts that the dynamic interplay between these factors can either prevent or promote math anxiety’s effects on the development of heterogeneous symptoms. Considering the universal nature of math anxiety, a systematic description of the vulnerability factors that contribute to the development of math anxiety is vital. Such information may be of particular value in informing the design of preventive interventions as well as of specific intervention tools.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00291/fullmath anxietyrisk factorsframeworkdynamic perspectiveheterogeneity |
| spellingShingle | Orly Rubinsten Orly Rubinsten Hadas Marciano Hadas Marciano Hili Eidlin Levy Hili Eidlin Levy Lital Daches Cohen Lital Daches Cohen A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience math anxiety risk factors framework dynamic perspective heterogeneity |
| title | A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety |
| title_full | A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety |
| title_fullStr | A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety |
| title_short | A Framework for Studying the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in Math Anxiety |
| title_sort | framework for studying the heterogeneity of risk factors in math anxiety |
| topic | math anxiety risk factors framework dynamic perspective heterogeneity |
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