TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric Properties of Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale using Samples from Four Continents
AU - Sarfo, Jacob Owusu
AU - García-Santillán, Arturo
AU - Ansah, Edward Wilson
AU - Adusei, Henry
AU - Sarfo, Josephine Cudjoe
AU - Bastos, Rafael Valdece Sousa
AU - Donyeh, Philip Soyiri
AU - Molchanova, Violetta S.
AU - Drushlyak, Marina
AU - Semenikhina, Olena
AU - Zand, Somayeh
AU - Enea, Violeta
AU - Malik, Sadia
AU - Ashraf, Farzana
AU - Malik, Najma Iqbal
AU - Wongcharee, Hattaphan
AU - Egara, Felix O.
AU - Tipandjan, Arun
AU - Azam, Uzma
AU - Hassan, Mohammed Salah
AU - Helmy, Mai
AU - Vally, Zahir
AU - Najafi, Reza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale across four continents. We adopted and translated the original Spanish version of the 24-item Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale (ATMS-24; Muñoz, Mato-Vazquez, 2007) to collect 4,338 responses from Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Thailand, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates. Also, we conducted an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on the ATMS-24 to examine whether the data fit well across cultures. Furthermore, we modified the full-length ATMS-24 to a short form (11-items: ATMS-11) using the Gradual Response Model (GRM) of Item Response Theory (IRT) and further conducted an analysis of measurement invariance. The EFA conducted indicated that the ATMS-24 fit the data well across cultures. The new ATMS-11 version has adequate configural, metric, and scalar invariance in seven countries and the overall sample. The ATMS-11 offers a valid, reliable, and parsimonious means to assess mathematics Anxiety (MA) among students from varied cultures.
AB - This study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale across four continents. We adopted and translated the original Spanish version of the 24-item Anxiety Towards Mathematics Scale (ATMS-24; Muñoz, Mato-Vazquez, 2007) to collect 4,338 responses from Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Thailand, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates. Also, we conducted an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on the ATMS-24 to examine whether the data fit well across cultures. Furthermore, we modified the full-length ATMS-24 to a short form (11-items: ATMS-11) using the Gradual Response Model (GRM) of Item Response Theory (IRT) and further conducted an analysis of measurement invariance. The EFA conducted indicated that the ATMS-24 fit the data well across cultures. The new ATMS-11 version has adequate configural, metric, and scalar invariance in seven countries and the overall sample. The ATMS-11 offers a valid, reliable, and parsimonious means to assess mathematics Anxiety (MA) among students from varied cultures.
KW - Anxiety towards mathematics scale
KW - Cultures
KW - Mathematics anxiety
KW - Psychometric properties
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U2 - 10.13187/ejced.2022.2.504
DO - 10.13187/ejced.2022.2.504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133782951
SN - 2304-9650
VL - 11
SP - 504
EP - 514
JO - European Journal of Contemporary Education
JF - European Journal of Contemporary Education
IS - 2
ER -