Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety
Background: Research exploring emotional responses to math-related words in individuals with math anxiety (MA) is scarce. Here, we examined MA participants’ subjective emotional processing of math-related cues within Lang’s bioinformational model of emotion to further understand the role of those cu...
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| Publication date: | 2023 |
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| Institution: | Universidad de Jaén |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2295476 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3131 |
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| Keyword: | math anxiety emotional words math words emotional processing Self-Assessment Manikin |
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| author | Linares, Rocío |
| author2 | Pelegrina, Santiago Delgado-Rodríguez, Rafael |
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| author_browse | Delgado-Rodríguez, Rafael Linares, Rocío Pelegrina, Santiago |
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| description | Background: Research exploring emotional responses to math-related words in individuals with math anxiety (MA) is scarce. Here, we examined MA participants’ subjective emotional processing of math-related cues within Lang’s bioinformational model of emotion to further understand the role of those cues in MA. Methods: In total, 41 high-MA and 32 low-MA undergraduates rated math-related words, along with neutral, pleasant, and unpleasant words, from the Affective Norms for English Words. The Self-Assessment Manikin was used to calculate valence, arousal, and dominance scores for each word. Results: The low-MA group rated math-related words as neutral on the three emotional scales, however, the high-MA group rated them lower and higher for valence and dominance than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. Moreover, math-related words were rated as more and less activating than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. The two groups significantly differed in scores on the three scales only for the math-related words. Conclusions: These results provide evidence that individuals with high MA show altered emotional processing of math-related words, experiencing them as moderately aversive and moderately activating. The findings emphasize that the altered emotional processing of words associated with math should be considered a symptom of MA. |
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| spelling | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety Linares, Rocío Pelegrina, Santiago Delgado-Rodríguez, Rafael math anxiety emotional words math words emotional processing Self-Assessment Manikin Background: Research exploring emotional responses to math-related words in individuals with math anxiety (MA) is scarce. Here, we examined MA participants’ subjective emotional processing of math-related cues within Lang’s bioinformational model of emotion to further understand the role of those cues in MA. Methods: In total, 41 high-MA and 32 low-MA undergraduates rated math-related words, along with neutral, pleasant, and unpleasant words, from the Affective Norms for English Words. The Self-Assessment Manikin was used to calculate valence, arousal, and dominance scores for each word. Results: The low-MA group rated math-related words as neutral on the three emotional scales, however, the high-MA group rated them lower and higher for valence and dominance than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. Moreover, math-related words were rated as more and less activating than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. The two groups significantly differed in scores on the three scales only for the math-related words. Conclusions: These results provide evidence that individuals with high MA show altered emotional processing of math-related words, experiencing them as moderately aversive and moderately activating. The findings emphasize that the altered emotional processing of words associated with math should be considered a symptom of MA. Taylor & Francis Group https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2295476 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3131 |
| spellingShingle | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety Linares, Rocío math anxiety emotional words math words emotional processing Self-Assessment Manikin |
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| title | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety |
| title_full | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety |
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| title_short | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety |
| title_sort | Emotional Processing of Math-related Words in People with Math Anxiety |
| topic | math anxiety emotional words math words emotional processing Self-Assessment Manikin |
| topic_facet | math anxiety emotional words math words emotional processing Self-Assessment Manikin |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2295476 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3131 |