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If the thought of a math test makes you break out in a cold sweat, Mom or Dad may be partly to blame, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. 每当想到数学测验的时候，你会不会一身冷汗？如果是的话，你爸或你妈可能要承担部分责任——这项研究发表在最新一期《心理科学》期刊上。 A team of researchers led by University of Chicago psychological scientists Sian Beilock and Susan Levinefound that children of math-anxious parents learned less math over the school year and were more likely to be math-anxious themselves—but only when these parents provided frequent help on the child’s math homework. 美国芝加哥大学心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine领导的研究团队发现，当父母对数学存有畏惧心理、表现出“数学焦虑”时（math-anxious），子女读书时学到的数学也越少，并且越有可能感染上“数学焦虑”——尤其是在父母频繁地试图辅导子女的数学功课的情况下。 Previous research from this group has established that when teachers are anxious about math, their students learn less math during the school year. The current study is novel in that it establishes a link between parents’ and children’s math anxiety. These findings suggest that adults’ attitudes toward math can play an important role in children’s math achievement. | 
