Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets
In six studies (N = 2,340), we identified one source of people’s differential support for resettling refugees in their country—their beliefs about whether the kind of person someone is can be changed (i.e., a growth mind-set) or is fixed (i.e., a fixed mind-set). U.S. and UK citizens who believed th...
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| author | Madan, Shilpa Basu, Shankha Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna |
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| description | In six studies (N = 2,340), we identified one source of people’s differential support for resettling refugees in their country—their beliefs about whether the kind of person someone is can be changed (i.e., a growth mind-set) or is fixed (i.e., a fixed mind-set). U.S. and UK citizens who believed that the kind of person someone is can be changed were more likely to support resettling refugees in their country (Studies 1 and 2). Study 3 identified a causal relationship between the type of mind-set people hold and their support for resettling refugees. Importantly, people with a growth mind-set were more likely to believe that refugees can assimilate in the host society but not that they should assimilate, and the belief that refugees can assimilate mediated the relationship between people’s mind-sets and their support for resettling refugees (Studies 4–6). The findings identify an important antecedent of people’s support for resettling refugees and provide novel insights into the science of mind-sets. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1439802023-05-19T07:31:16Z Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets Madan, Shilpa Basu, Shankha Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna Nanyang Business School Business::International business Refugees Lay Theories In six studies (N = 2,340), we identified one source of people’s differential support for resettling refugees in their country—their beliefs about whether the kind of person someone is can be changed (i.e., a growth mind-set) or is fixed (i.e., a fixed mind-set). U.S. and UK citizens who believed that the kind of person someone is can be changed were more likely to support resettling refugees in their country (Studies 1 and 2). Study 3 identified a causal relationship between the type of mind-set people hold and their support for resettling refugees. Importantly, people with a growth mind-set were more likely to believe that refugees can assimilate in the host society but not that they should assimilate, and the belief that refugees can assimilate mediated the relationship between people’s mind-sets and their support for resettling refugees (Studies 4–6). The findings identify an important antecedent of people’s support for resettling refugees and provide novel insights into the science of mind-sets. Nanyang Technological University Accepted version This research was supported by a Nanyang Assistant Professorship grant from Nanyang Technological University to K. Savani. 2020-10-06T03:11:20Z 2020-10-06T03:11:20Z 2019 Journal Article Madan, S., Basu, S., Rattan, A., & Savani, K. (2019). Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets. Psychological Science, 30(2), 238-249. doi:10.1177/0956797618813561 0956-7976 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143980 10.1177/0956797618813561 30633632 2 30 238 249 en Psychological Science © 2019 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This paper was published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Science and is made available with permission of The Author(s). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Business::International business Refugees Lay Theories Madan, Shilpa Basu, Shankha Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title | Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title_full | Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title_fullStr | Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title_short | Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets |
| title_sort | support for resettling refugees the role of fixed versus growth mind sets |
| topic | Business::International business Refugees Lay Theories |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143980 |
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