APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Anxiety Mindsets in Adolescents

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Clinical Science

  • Emma Balsam
    Lawrence High School
  • Stephen Sullivan
    Lawrence High School
  • Jillian Merrick
    University of Minnesota
  • Jaine Strauss
    Macalester College

Abstract

Merrick and Strauss (2016) extended Dweck’s (2006) theory of mindsets to beliefs about anxiety among college students. We applied their methods to a diverse sample of high school students and determined that anxiety mindsets can be reliably measured and that a brief online intervention can foster transient changes to mindset.

Emotion

← Poster Session <span>I</span>