APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Understanding Growth at the College Level: A Longitudinal Study of Growth Mindset and Autonomous Functioning
- Brian Bergstrom
Maryville University, St. Louis - Shirley Ashauer
Maryville University, St. Louis - Dustin Nadler
Maryville University, St. Louis - Tammy Gocial
Maryville University, St. Louis
Abstract
An online (PERTS) growth mindset workshop administered to first-year college students with a battery of measures also implicated in academic success (e.g., grit, self-control, mindfulness, autonomous functioning) revealed positive associations of implicit theories and autonomous functioning with academic success but also complex relationships with related cognitive and motivational variables.
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