TY - JOUR
T1 - Relations of mathematics mindset, mathematics anxiety, mathematics identity, and mathematics self-efficacy to STEM career choice
T2 - A structural equation modeling approach
AU - Cribbs, Jennifer
AU - Huang, Xiaoxia
AU - Piatek-Jimenez, Katrina
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a Research & Creative Activities Program grant (RCAP #15‐8002) at Western Kentucky University.
Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a Research & Creative Activities Program grant (RCAP #15-8002) at Western Kentucky University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 School Science and Mathematics Association
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Several key factors have emerged from the literature contributing to the explanation of STEM participation (or lack of), including mathematics mindset, mathematics anxiety, mathematics identity, and mathematics self-efficacy. Despite the research on the relations of these variables to career interest, few studies have integrated them and examined their intertwined relations in one model. The purpose of this study was to use a structural equation modeling approach to answer the central question: To what extent are the factors of mathematics mindset, mathematics anxiety, mathematics identity, and mathematics self-efficacy related to each other and a STEM career choice? The results highlight a key finding that mathematics identity serves as a full mediator between mathematics mindset and STEM career interest as well as between mathematics anxiety and STEM career interest.
AB - Several key factors have emerged from the literature contributing to the explanation of STEM participation (or lack of), including mathematics mindset, mathematics anxiety, mathematics identity, and mathematics self-efficacy. Despite the research on the relations of these variables to career interest, few studies have integrated them and examined their intertwined relations in one model. The purpose of this study was to use a structural equation modeling approach to answer the central question: To what extent are the factors of mathematics mindset, mathematics anxiety, mathematics identity, and mathematics self-efficacy related to each other and a STEM career choice? The results highlight a key finding that mathematics identity serves as a full mediator between mathematics mindset and STEM career interest as well as between mathematics anxiety and STEM career interest.
KW - mathematics anxiety
KW - mathematics identity
KW - mathematics mindset
KW - mathematics self-efficacy
KW - STEM career choice
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U2 - 10.1111/ssm.12470
DO - 10.1111/ssm.12470
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104883096
SN - 0036-6803
VL - 121
SP - 275
EP - 287
JO - School Science and Mathematics
JF - School Science and Mathematics
IS - 5
ER -