数学焦虑和注意力控制:注意力集中和转移在数学表现中的作用
1Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology (Quantitative Psychology Section), Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Cognition & emotion
|December 16, 2025
概括
高度数学焦虑的个体在数学任务中表现较差,可能是由于注意力控制问题. 然而,仅仅是注意力减弱和转移不能完全解释他们的数学困难.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 数学焦虑显著影响数学任务的表现.
- 高度数学焦虑 (HMA) 个体表现较差的表现与低数学焦虑 (LMA) 同龄人相比.
- 假设注意力控制缺陷有助于数学焦虑的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查HMA个体是否有受损的注意力控制 (聚焦和转移).
- 为了确定注意力控制在多大程度上解释了HMA个体的非最佳算术表现.
- 探索数学焦虑,注意力控制和算术表现之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在添加验证任务中对46个HMA和46个LMA个体进行比较.
- 评估自我报告的一般注意力控制.
- 层次回归分析以评估由数学焦虑和注意力控制解释的差异.
主要成果:
- HMA 个体较慢,在算术任务中犯的错误更多.
- HMA个体报告注意力控制比LMA个体差.
- 注意力控制与算术表现正相关,与数学焦虑负相关.
结论:
- 数学焦虑与自我报告的注意力控制效率较低有关.
- 注意力集中和转移的障碍并不能完全解释HMA个体的数学困难.
- 虽然注意力控制起着作用,但其他因素可能会导致数学焦虑对表现的影响.
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