APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Emotional Regulation and Math Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Classroom Engagement

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Michaela Quintero
    Ashland University
  • Seowon Song
    Northwestern College

Abstract

This study examined how emotional regulation (cognitive reappraisal vs. emotional suppression) impacts math anxiety (MA) in 207 students (4th–6th grade). Path analyses revealed that cognitive reappraisal positively influenced classroom engagement, which, in turn, reduced testing and learning MA. Emotional suppression showed no similar effect, highlighting the value of reappraisal.

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