Academic achievement depends not only on learners' skill but also the psychological factors
that arise during learning, such as the belief that intelligence improves with effort—a growth …

College students' perceptions of their instructors' mindset beliefs predict their motivation,
engagement, and performance in those instructors' classes; however, little is known about …

Perfectionism among college students has increased in the past three decades, yet studies
of perfectionism in academic contexts are relatively scarce. This study used a person …

Advances in growth mindset scholarship now recognize the role of instructors' mindsets in
sha** classroom mindset culture. In the present paper, we synthesize the newly …

Mindset—beliefs about the malleability of intelligence—has been traditionally
conceptualized as an individual-level construct. The present study adapts, proposes, and …

Mindsets are defined as people's beliefs about the nature of intelligence, and previous
research has found effects of students' mindsets on their academic outcomes. In the present …

Undergraduate STEM students can hold different combinations of positive and negative
beliefs about academic challenge—including difficulty, failures, and mistakes. Across two …

Instructors who create growth mindset cultures by communicating that students' abilities can
improve can reduce their students' anxiety and increase their belonging and motivation …

We examined how undergraduate STEM students'(N= 389) perceptions of their instructors'
beliefs that intelligence is malleable (growth mindsets) or unchangeable (fixed mindsets) …

College students are experiencing a significant mental health crisis, with rising rates of
psychological distress. To help understand this trend, this study examines recursive …