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2023
Park, D., Gunderson, E. A., Maloney, E. A., Tsukayama E., Beilock S. L., Duckworth, A. L., & Levine, S. C. (in press). Parental Intrusive Homework Support and Math Achievement: Does the Child’s Mindset Matter? Developmental Psychology.
Storozuk, A., Retanal, F., & Maloney, E.A. (in press). Consumers With Math Anxiety, a Financially Vulnerable Group? Unpacking the Negative Relation Between Math Anxiety and Performance on a Price Comparison Task [Accepted manuscript]. Journal of Numerical Cognition.
Gibeau, R-M. Maloney, E.A., Béland, S., Lalande, D., Cantinotti, M., Williot, A., Chanquoy, L., Simon, J. & Cousineau, D. (in press). The correlates and antecedents of statistics anxiety: A hierarchy of anxieties starting with spatial anxiety? Journal of Numerical Cognition.
2022
Daker, R.J., Delage, V., Maloney, E.A. and Lyons, I.M. (2022), Testing the specificity of links between anxiety and performance within mathematics and spatial reasoning. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1512: 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14761
Hunt, T. E., & Maloney, E. A. (2022). Appraisals of previous math experiences play an important role in math anxiety. Ann NY Acad Sci. 00 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14805
Skwarchuk, S-L., Douglas, H., Cahoon, A., LeFevre, J-A., Xu, C., Roy, E., Simms, V., Wylie, J., Maloney, E. A., Osana, H. P., & Susperreguy, M. I. (2021). Relations Between the Home Learning Environment and the Literacy and Mathematics Skills of Eight-Year-Old Canadian Children. Educational Sciences, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12080513
Xu, C., Lafay, A., Douglas, H., Di Lonardo Burr, S., LeFevre, J.-A., Osana, H. P., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Wylie, J., Simms, V., & Maloney, E. A. (2022). The role of mathematical language skills in arithmetic fluency and word-problem solving for first- and second-language learners. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(3), 513–539. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000673
2021
Delage, V., Trudel, G., Retanal, F., & Maloney, E. A. (2021). Spatial anxiety and spatial ability: Mediators of gender differences in math anxiety. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000884
Hornburg, C. B., Borriello, G. A., Kung, M., Lin, J., Litkowski, E., Cosso, J., Ellis, A., King, Y. A., Zippert, E., Cabrera, N. J., Davis-Kean, P., Eason, S. H., Hart, S. A., Iruka, I. U., LeFevre, J.-A., Simms, V., Susperreguy, M. I., Cahoon, A., Chan, W. W. L., … Purpura, D. J. (2021). Next Directions in Measurement of the Home Mathematics Environment: An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 7(2), 195–220. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.6143
Retanal, F., Johnston, N. B., Di Lonardo Burr, S. M., Storozuk, A., DiStefano, M., & Maloney, E. A. (2021). Controlling-Supportive Homework Help Partially Explains the Relation between Parents’ Math Anxiety and Children’s Math Achievement. Education Sciences, 11(10), 620. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11100620
Schaeffer, M. W., Rozek, C. S., Maloney, E. A., Berkowitz, T., Levine, S. C., Beilock, S. L. (2021). Elementary school teachers’ math anxiety and students’ math learning: A large-scale replication. Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13080
Song, C. S., Xu, C., Maloney, E. A., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Lafay, A., Wylie, J., Osana, H. P., Douglas, H., & LeFevre, J.-A. (2021). Longitudinal relations between young students’ feelings about mathematics and arithmetic performance. Cognitive Development, 59, 101078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101078
Xu, C., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Skwarchuk, S-L., Douglas , H., Lafay, A., Osana, H., Simms, V., Wylie, J., Maloney, E. A., & LeFevre, J-A. (2021). Pathways to Learning Mathematics for Students in French-Immersion and English-Instruction Programs. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(6), 1321–1342. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000722
Xu, C., LeFevre, J.-A., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Lafay, A., Wylie, J., Osana, H. P., Douglas, H., Maloney, E. A., & Simms, V. (2021). Individual differences in the development of children’s arithmetic fluency from grades 2 to 3. Developmental Psychology, 57(7), 1067–1079. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001220
2020
Distefano M, O”Brien B, Storozuk A, Ramirez G, Maloney E.A. (2020). Exploring math anxious parents’ emotional experience surrounding math homework-help. International Journal of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.101526
Maloney, E. A., Retanal, F. (2020). Higher math anxious people have a lower need for cognition and are less reflective in their thinking. Acta Psychologica. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102939
Storozuk, A., Ashley, M., Delage, V., & Maloney, E. A. (2020). Got bots? Practical recommendations to protect online survey data from bot attacks. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16(5), 472–481. https://10.20982/tqmp.16.5.p472
2019
Maloney E.A., Barr N, Risko E.F., Fugelsang, J.A. (2019). Verbal Working Memory Load Dissociates Common Indices of the Numerical Distance Effect: Implications for the Study of Numerical Cognition. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 5(3), 337-357. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v5i3.155
Ramirez, G., Fries, L., Gunderson, E. A., Schaeffer, M., Maloney, E. A., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (2019). Reading anxiety – An early affective impediment to children’s success in reading. Journal of Cognition and Development. 20 (1), 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2018.1526175
2018
Gunderson, E. A., Park, D., Maloney, E. A., Beilock, S. L., & Levine, S. C. (2018). Reciprocal relations among motivational frameworks, math anxiety, and math achievement in early elementary school. Journal of Cognition and Development, 19(1), 21-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2017.1421538
Lyons IM, Ramirez G, Maloney E.A, Redina D, Levine SC, & Beilock SL (2018). Spatial Anxiety: A novel questionnaire with subscales for measuring three aspects of spatial anxiety. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4(3), 526-553. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i3.154
Ramirez, G., Shaw S, & Maloney E.A. (2018). Math Anxiety: Past Research, Promising Interventions, and a New Interpretation Framework. Educational Psychologist, 53(3), 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2018.1447384
2017
Chang, H., Sprute, L., Maloney, E. A., Beilock, S. L., & Berman, M. G. (2017). Simple arithmetic: Not so simple for highly math anxious individuals. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 1, 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx121
2016
Morsanyi, K., Mammarella, I. C., Szücs, D., Tomasetto, C., Primi, C., & Maloney, E. A. (2016). Mathematical and Statistics Anxiety: Educational, Social, Developmental and Cognitive Perspectives. Frontiers in psychology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01083
Ramirez, G., Chang, H., Maloney, E.A., Levine, S.C. & Beilock, S. L. (2016). On the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement in early elementary school: the role of problem solving strategies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 141, 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.07.014
2015
Beilock, S.L., & Maloney, E.A., (2015). Math anxiety: A factor in math achievement not to be ignored. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2(1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732215601438
Berkowitz, T., Schaeffer, M.W., Maloney, E.A., Peterson, L., Gregor, C., Levine, S.C., & Beilock, S.L. (2015) Math at home adds up to achievement in school. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac7427
Ferguson, A. M., Maloney, E. A., Fugelsang, J., & Risko, E. F. (2015). On the relation between math and spatial ability: The case of math anxiety. Learning and Individual Differences, 39, 1 – 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.02.007
Maloney, E.A., Converse, B.A., Gibbs, C., Levine, S.C., & Beilock, S.L. (2015). Jump-starting early childhood education at home: Public policy, parent motivation, and early learning. Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615607064
Maloney, E.A., Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E.A., Levine, S.C., & Beilock, S.L. (2015). Intergenerational effects of parent’s math anxiety on children’s math achievement and anxiety. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615592630
2014
Maloney, E.A., Sattizahn, J.R., & Beilock, S.L. (2014). Anxiety and cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 5(4), 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1299
2013
Maloney, E.A, Schaeffer, M.W, & Beilock, S.L. (2013). Mathematics anxiety and stereotype threat: Shared mechanisms, negative consequences, and promising interventions. Research in Mathematics Education, 15, 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2013.797744
Risko, E.F., Maloney, E.A., & Fugelsang, J.A. (2013). Paying attention to attention: Evidence for an attentional contribution to the size congruity effect. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-013-0477-2
2012
Maloney, E.A., & Beilock, S.L. (2012) Math anxiety: Who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it. Trends in Cognitive Science, 16, 404-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2012.06.008
Maloney, E.A., Waechter, S., Risko, E.F., & Fugelsang, J.A. (2012). Reducing the sex difference in math anxiety: The role of spatial processing ability. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 380-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.01.001
2011
Maloney, E.A, Ansari, D., & Fugelsang, J.A. (2011). The effect of mathematics anxiety on the processing of numerical magnitude. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64(1), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2010.533278
2010
Maloney, E.A., Risko, E.F., Preston, F., Ansari, D., & Fugelsang, J.A. (2010). Challenging the reliability and validity of cognitive measures: The case of the numerical distance effect. Acta Psychologica, 134, 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.01.006
Maloney, E.A., Risko, E.F, Ansari, D., & Fugelsang, J.A. (2010). Mathematics anxiety affects counting but not subitizing during visual enumeration. Cognition, 114, 293-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2009.09.013
2009
Maloney, E.A., Risko, E.F., O’Malley, S., Besner, D. (2009). Tracking the transition from sublexical to lexical processing: On the creation of orthographic and phonological lexical representations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 858-867. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210802578385