The 18-item math anxiety scale measures the two factors of math exam anxiety and math nature anxiety. By
measuring Cronbach’s alpha coefficient on 355 students in the initial phase of the study, its reliability was measured
0.93. The questionnaire of help seeking behaviours involves two elements of help seeking acceptance and help
seeking avoidance. In order to measure internal consistency of research instruments, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
was measured: 0.69 for help seeking acceptance and 0.63 for help seeking avoidance.