Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.903 sample items
About this scale
A 9-item measure of math anxiety with two subscales: learning math anxiety and math evaluation anxiety. Validated in school and college populations.
Sample item(s)
“Listening to a lecture in math class (learning)”
“Thinking about an upcoming math test one day before (evaluation)”
“Working on an abstract mathematical problem (learning)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.90. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Hopko, D. R., Mahadevan, R., Bare, R. L., & Hunt, M. K. (2003): The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Construction, validity, and reliability. Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 178–182.
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