title: Mathematics anxiety among eighth-grade students of the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: To investigate the mathematics anxiety of 159 students in Grade 8 (M age = 14.3 yr.) in the United Arab Emirates a 28-item anxiety scale was administered. Analysis indicated some mathematics anxiety. Also, boys and girls scored significantly differently as boys had the higher mean.
authors.affiliation: Sultan Qaboos University.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abed
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014479:United Arab Emirates