Fixed Intelligence Mindset, Self-Esteem, and Failure-Related Negative Emotions: A Cross-Cultural Mediation Model

Fixed Intelligence Mindset, Self-Esteem, and Failure-Related Negative Emotions: A Cross-Cultural Mediation Model

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A growing body of literature supports that fixed intelligence mindset promotes the emergence of maladaptive emotional reactions, especially when self-threat is imminent.Previous studies have confirmed that in adverse academic situations, students endorsing fixed intelligence mindset experience Clothing - Womens Bottoms - Pants higher levels of negative emotions, although little is known about the mechanisms through which fixed intelligence mindset exerts its influence.Thus, the present study (Ntotal = 398) proposed to investigate self-esteem as a mediator of this relationship in two different cultural contexts, in Hungary and the United States.Structural equation modeling revealed that self-esteem fully mediated the relationship between fixed intelligence mindset and negative emotions.Furthermore, results of the invariance testing conferred preliminary evidence for the cross-cultural validity of the mediation model.

These findings suggest that, students adhering Kids to fixed intelligence beliefs tend to experience greater self-esteem loss when experiencing academic failure, which leads to higher levels of negative emotions.