An Analysis of High and Low Intercorrelations between Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Achievement Variables: A Prerequisite for a Reliable Factor Analysis
Table 5
The pattern matrix and the summary of the final factor solution.
Variable
Oblimin rotated factor loadings
h2
u2
Math self-efficacy
Assignment
In-class anxiety
Test anxiety
se1
−0.14
0.28
−0.69
0.08
0.54
0.46
se4
0.64
0.24
−0.16
0.07
0.70
0.30
an5
0.12
−0.33
0.24
0.63
0.70
0.30
an6
−0.23
−0.42
0.20
0.20
0.60
0.40
se7
0.01
0.77
−0.05
0.02
0.62
0.38
se9
0.60
0.12
−0.14
−0.16
0.69
0.31
se10
0.08
0.59
−0.12
−0.22
0.63
0.37
se12
0.11
0.83
−0.04
0.14
0.76
0.24
se13
0.82
−0.05
0.02
0.07
0.57
0.43
an14
−0.19
0.07
0.77
0.03
0.72
0.28
an15
−0.20
−0.30
−0.29
0.55
0.57
0.43
se16
0.67
0.26
−0.01
0.11
0.64
0.36
an18
−0.18
−0.64
−0.13
0.28
0.72
0.28
se19
0.58
0.06
−0.13
−0.29
0.72
0.28
se20
0.25
0.37
−0.20
−0.28
0.65
0.35
an22
−0.42
−0.39
−0.02
0.25
0.71
0.29
se23
0.53
0.29
−0.13
0.24
0.49
0.51
an25
−0.20
−0.27
0.20
0.30
0.50
0.50
an26
−0.24
0.20
0.26
0.71
0.86
0.14
an27
−0.01
0.07
0.81
0.08
0.68
0.32
se28
0.74
−0.11
0.01
−0.24
0.68
0.32
se29
0.23
0.17
−0.37
−0.31
0.64
0.36
SS loadings
4.82
4.10
2.80
2.69
% of variance
21.89
18.62
12.72
12.25
% of explained
33.43
28.44
19.43
18.70
Cronbach’s α
0.89
0.84
0.77
0.74
Math self-efficacy
1.00
0.54
−0.37
−0.48
Assignment
0.54
1.00
−0.28
−0.26
In-class anxiety
−0.37
−0.28
1.00
0.34
Test anxiety
−0.48
−0.26
0.34
1.00
Note: factor loadings over 0.55 appear in bold. h2 = communalities; u2 = uniqueness.
