Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS)

The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) is a measure to capture the psychological reactivity, negative cognitions, avoidance behaviors, and anxiety experienced when presented with a math stimuli. The scale has 9 items representing the two sub-dimensions of learning math anxiety and math evaluation anxiety.

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Supplemental Information:

n/a

Assessment Type:

Inventory/Questionnaire

Scale:

Likert 5-point scale

Publication Date:

Jun 01, 2003

Respondent:

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Attitude / Behavior

Sample items:

Reliability:

Validity:

Exploratory factor analysis yielded a nine-item measure and strong internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and good convergent/divergent validity was demonstrated with an independent sample

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

0 minutes

Requires a Computer:

Requires Internet Access:

Primary reference:

Hopko, D. R., Mahadevan, R., Bare, R. L., & Junt, M. K. (2003). The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Construction, validity, and reliability. Assessment, 10(2), 178-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191103010002008