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Lecturer Support, Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, and Statistics Anxiety in Undergraduate Students

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Statistics anxiety is a prevalent form of anxiety experienced by students during statistics lectures or when conducting statistical analysis. This anxiety negatively impacts their performance and enjoyment of the subject. The present study investigates the relationship between lecturer support and undergraduate students’ statistics anxiety, and whether the satisfaction of basic psychological needs mediates the relationship. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey involving 382 students from 11 universities (105 male, 277 female) aged 17–27 years ( M = 19.48, SD = 1.37). We used the Indonesian version of the statistics anxiety measure, Teacher Support as Social Context Short-Form, and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale. Our findings indicate that lecturer support is negatively associated with statistics anxiety among undergraduate students. Moreover, undergraduate students’ satisfaction with basic psychological needs partially mediates this relationship. These results highlight statistics lecturers’ crucial role in exhibiting involvement, structure, and autonomy support to reduce students’ statistics anxiety.

Source: Open Education Studies

DOI: 10.1515/edu-2025-0080

Authors: Ratna Jatnika, Fitri Ariyanti Abidin, Fitriani Yustikasari Lubis, Dwi Marisa Putri, Ditha Fadhillah Putri Hamdanie

Institution: Padjadjaran University

Language: English

Topic: Statistics Education and Methodologies

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $848