Relationship of Anxiety Disorders with Mathematical Performance in Children with Mathematical Learning Disorders

One of the problems that cause parents frequently returned to the clinics is disability to learn mathematics. The aim of current study was to investigate relationship of Anxiety disorders with mathematical performance in children with mathematical learning disorders. Statistical population of this study was composed of students in region 2 of Tehran. were chosen 8 schools randomly and among them, students who were 1 / 5 unit of standard deviation lower than average in K – Mat test (kanoli, 1988) were chosen as students that have learning disorder (83 people). Participant responds to Birmaher’s stress disorder scale and researcher – built test of mathematical performance. The results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between anxiety disorders and mathematics performance. The results of the relationship between mathematics performance with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, school phobia and social anxiety showed that students who have low math performance may be suffering from emotional problems. Based on the results, it seems that anxiety disorder as an important factor could have a negative impact on learning mathematics. It causes that the students who fear math especially at an early age, refuse to learn this lesson.