Anxiety profiles and protective factors: A latent profile analysis in children

By Irene Mammarella, Enrica Donolato, S. Caviola, D. Giofrè. 2018

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Abstract The current study investigated the presence of different anxiety profiles in schoolchildren in order to understand whether Mathematics and Test Anxiety are a manifestation of a general form of anxiety, or the expression of specific forms of anxiety. Moreover, we also examined the influence of personal protective factors. The results of a latent profile analysis, conducted on 664 children attending grades 3 to 6, clearly identified three different profiles distinguished on the basis of the level of general, test and mathematics anxiety. Protective factors, such as self-concept and resilience, were differently related to anxiety: the former was clearly lower when the risk profile was higher, whereas students were able to maintain a certain level of resilience up to an average risk of developing forms of anxiety. The implications of these findings may lead to the development of specific intervention programs aimed at reducing students' anxiety and fostering self-concept and resilience.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Irene Mammarella
2. S. Caviola
3. D. Giofrè

In Education

1. Jessica Mercader Ruiz
2. Dénes Szűcs
3. Irene Mammarella
4. Enrico Toffalini
5. S. Caviola
6. D. Giofrè
7. Usha Goswami

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Irene Mammarella
2. S. Caviola
3. Jessica Mercader Ruiz
4. Dénes Szűcs
5. Enrico Toffalini
6. D. Giofrè

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• Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants (2021, background): “…TA (i.e. being more specifically worried about academic performance and academic difficulties) are risk factors that may contribute to the development of a more specific form of anxiety—MA—and therefore be indirectly related to mathematical performance (Carey et al., 2017; Mammarella et al., 2018).”