Table 3 Partial correlations (controlling for age and gender) between all measures for the Neurotypical (upper triangle) and Neurodivergent groups (lower triangle).

From: Academic anxiety and cognitive reflection in neurodivergence based on evidence from a large international sample

 

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1. Statistics anxiety

0.75***

0.43***

0.54***

0.42***

0.49***

0.50***

0.44***

− 0.28***

− 0.28***

− 0.19***

0.17***

2. Mathematics anxiety

0.76***

0.40***

0.54***

0.39***

0.40***

0.45***

0.35***

− 0.26***

− 0.29***

− 0.29***

0.24***

3. Cognitive and somatic anxiety

0.48***

0.43***

0.63***

0.55***

0.61***

0.46***

0.59***

− 0.37***

− 0.26***

− 0.07

0.07

4. Test anxiety

0.60***

0.57***

0.67***

0.50***

0.55***

0.48***

0.54***

− 0.30***

− 0.28***

− 0.15***

0.13***

5. Fear of negative evaluation

0.43***

0.33***

0.60***

0.51***

0.58***

0.32***

0.49***

− 0.31***

− 0.14***

0.07

− 0.07

6. Social anxiety

0.53***

0.44***

0.60***

0.53***

0.60***

0.52***

0.52***

− 0.37***

− 0.23***

− 0.06

0.06

7. Creativity anxiety

0.55***

0.52***

0.47***

0.49***

0.38***

0.49***

0.48***

− 0.27***

− 0.31**

− 0.21***

0.16***

8. Intolerance of uncertainty

0.40***

0.34***

0.53***

0.49***

0.54***

0.54***

0.44***

− 0.24***

− 0.22***

− 0.10**

0.10**

9. General self-efficacy

− 0.22***

− 0.17***

− 0.31***

− 0.26***

− 0.28***

− 0.28***

− 0.18***

− 0.22***

0.32***

− 0.06

0.05

10. Attitude towards mathematics

− 0.36***

− 0.32***

− 0.26***

− 0.29***

− 0.15***

− 0.21***

− 0.40***

− 0.22***

0.23***

0.15***

− 0.11**

11. CRT (deliberative responses)

− 0.26***

− 0.29***

− 0.12**

− 0.20***

0.02

− 0.09*

− 0.24***

− 0.07

0.02

0.17***

− 0.89***

12. CRT (intuitive response)

0.23***

0.28***

0.09**

0.17***

− 0.02

0.07

0.18***

0.02

0.03

− 0.10**

− 0.85***

  1. Correlations were significant at *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (2-tailed). CRT = Cognitive Reflection Test.