ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Influence of the effort-reward imbalance in college students on learning engagement: the mediating role of hope and the moderating role of growth mindset.
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- Hope influences learning engagement through generative AI acceptance among Chinese college students: conditional direct effect of growth mindset.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms underlying university students' perceived AI threat: the mediating roles of perceived controllability and perceived effort-reward imbalance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The influence mechanism of academic involution behavior among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation analysis based on the JD-R model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and learning engagement among college students, as well as the mediating role of hope and the moderating role of a growth mindset. Method: A total of 665 college students participated in this study. The Effort-Reward Imbalance Scale, Hope Scale, Growth Mindset Scale, and Learning Engagement Scale were used. Results: (1) Effort-reward imbalance was significantly correlated with hope, learning engagement, and a growth mindset among college students; (2) effort-reward imbalance negatively predicted learning engagement among college students; (3) hope mediated the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and learning engagement; and (4) a growth mindset moderated the relationship between hope and learning engagement. Specifically, a stronger growth mindset mitigated the adverse effects of low hope on learning engagement among college students. Conclusion: Effort-reward imbalance influences learning engagement through the mediating role of hope and the moderating role of growth mindset. This implies that fostering a growth mindset among college students can mitigate the negative effects effort-reward imbalance and low hope on their learning engagement.
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