Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 6 3 2011 09 15 92 98 Farahman Farrokhi English Departments, University of Tabriz Hossein Bevrani Department of Statistics, Faculty of mathematical sciences, university of Tabriz shahram vahedi Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, 29 bahman, The Tabriz University, Iran 2015 10 14 Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the Persian adaptation of Statistics Anxiety Measure (SAM), proposed by Earp. Method: The validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from Tabriz University in Iran. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out to determine the factor structures of the Persian adaptation of SAM. Results: As expected, the second order model provided a better fit to the data than the three alternative models. Conclusions: Hence, SAM provides an equally valid measure for use among college students. The study both expands and adds support to the existing body of math anxiety literature. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/265 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/265/261