Trickett, J;
Gilmore, C;
Cragg, L;
Clayton, S;
Marlow, N;
Simms, V;
Spong, R;
(2021)
No Excess of Mathematics Anxiety in Adolescents Born Very Preterm.
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
, 42
(3)
pp. 220-226.
10.1097/DBP.0000000000000884.
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Abstract
Objective: To assess whether adolescents born very preterm (VP; <32 weeks' gestation) have an excess of mathematics anxiety compared with their classmates born at term. / Methods: This cohort study included 127 adolescents born VP (51% male, mean age 13.9 years, SD 0.7) and 95 term-born classmates (56% male, mean age 13.7 years, SD 0.7) who completed the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Second UK Edition and the Mathematics Anxiety Scale-UK at the age of 11 to 15 years. Self-reported trait anxiety was assessed using a composite of 3 items from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. / Results: Adolescents born VP had significantly poorer mathematics attainment than adolescents born at term (difference in means: −0.64 SD; 95% confidence interval −0.95 to −0.34). However, there were no between-group differences in self-reported mathematics anxiety or trait anxiety. There were significant moderate associations between mathematics anxiety and mathematics attainment for adolescents born VP (rho: −0.45) and at term (rho: −0.54), after controlling for trait anxiety. / Conclusion: Adolescents born VP do not have heightened mathematics anxiety compared with their term-born classmates, despite poorer attainment in mathematics. Improving domain-general cognitive skills and scaffolding learning in the classroom may be more promising avenues for intervention than attempting to reduce mathematics anxiety.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | No Excess of Mathematics Anxiety in Adolescents Born Very Preterm |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000884 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000884 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Preterm; outcome; anxiety; mathematics; cognition |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Neonatology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10115019 |
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