ArticleTrends in cognitive sciences2019
When Do Growth Mindset Interventions Work?
Article in Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Explore your brain: A randomized controlled trial into the effectiveness of a growth mindset intervention with psychosocial and psychophysiological components.The British journal of educational psychology · 2025Trial
- Coping styles mediate the relation between mindset and academic resilience in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Does a growth mindset curb anxiety among Chinese medical students? Validation based on propensity score matching.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Identifying Common Patterns in the Time of Day of Mindfulness Meditation Associated with Long-Term Maintenance.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effect of Growth Mindset on Adolescents' Meaning in Life: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Gratitude.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Cognitive training enhances growth mindset in children through plasticity of cortico-striatal circuits.NPJ science of learning · 2022Article
- Effect of Growth Mindset on Mental Health Two Years Later: The Role of Smartphone Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Teacher Mindsets Help Explain Where a Growth-Mindset Intervention Does and Doesn't Work.Psychological science · 2022Article
- Employee Growth Mindset and Innovative Behavior: The Roles of Employee Strengths Use and Strengths-Based Leadership.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Behavioural science is unlikely to change the world without a heterogeneity revolution.Nature human behaviour · 2021Review
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- Why Meta-Analyses of Growth Mindset and Other Interventions Should Follow Best Practices for Examining Heterogeneity: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023).Psychological bulletinArticle
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Abstract
Can teaching students about brain plasticity improve their grades? A recent large, national experiment (Yeager et al.) found that a brief growth mindset intervention improved lower-achieving adolescents' grades by 0.10 points. Debate about interpreting the study's findings illustrates the need to consider effect heterogeneity and contextual factors when evaluating effect sizes.
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