From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations
Growth mindset and grit have attracted much attention in educational research recently. Yet the underlying mechanisms that relate these variables to each other as well as to other variables remain largely unclear. This study investigates the relationships among growth mindset, learning motivations,...
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| author | Yukun Zhao Gengfeng Niu Hanchao Hou Guang Zeng Liying Xu Kaiping Peng Feng Yu |
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| description | Growth mindset and grit have attracted much attention in educational research recently. Yet the underlying mechanisms that relate these variables to each other as well as to other variables remain largely unclear. This study investigates the relationships among growth mindset, learning motivations, and grit. We recruited a total of 1,842 students (884 males and 958 females) from third to ninth grade in a Chinese city. Results from the structural equation model analyzing the students’ responses showed that learning motivations partially mediate the relationship between growth mindset and grit. Specifically, intrinsic motivation and identified regulation of extrinsic motivation are positively associated with growth mindset and grit, while external regulation of extrinsic motivation is negatively associated with them. Additionally, introjected regulation of extrinsic motivation is uncorrelated with these two variables. This study furthers the understanding of the underlying mechanisms through which growth mindset and grit positively impact education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c9a25f1050a446eb65cc0fd0d4173412022-12-22T02:09:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-10-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.02007356568From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning MotivationsYukun Zhao0Gengfeng Niu1Hanchao Hou2Guang Zeng3Liying Xu4Kaiping Peng5Feng Yu6Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Social Psychology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaCentre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaDepartment of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Social Psychology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Social Psychology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaGrowth mindset and grit have attracted much attention in educational research recently. Yet the underlying mechanisms that relate these variables to each other as well as to other variables remain largely unclear. This study investigates the relationships among growth mindset, learning motivations, and grit. We recruited a total of 1,842 students (884 males and 958 females) from third to ninth grade in a Chinese city. Results from the structural equation model analyzing the students’ responses showed that learning motivations partially mediate the relationship between growth mindset and grit. Specifically, intrinsic motivation and identified regulation of extrinsic motivation are positively associated with growth mindset and grit, while external regulation of extrinsic motivation is negatively associated with them. Additionally, introjected regulation of extrinsic motivation is uncorrelated with these two variables. This study furthers the understanding of the underlying mechanisms through which growth mindset and grit positively impact education.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02007/fullgrowth mindsetlearning motivationsgritpositive educationself-determination theory |
| spellingShingle | Yukun Zhao Gengfeng Niu Hanchao Hou Guang Zeng Liying Xu Kaiping Peng Feng Yu From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations Frontiers in Psychology growth mindset learning motivations grit positive education self-determination theory |
| title | From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations |
| title_full | From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations |
| title_fullStr | From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations |
| title_short | From Growth Mindset to Grit in Chinese Schools: The Mediating Roles of Learning Motivations |
| title_sort | from growth mindset to grit in chinese schools the mediating roles of learning motivations |
| topic | growth mindset learning motivations grit positive education self-determination theory |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02007/full |
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