Different Roles of Help‐Seeking and Parent–Child Closeness in the Link Between Growth Mindset and Persistence: A Two‐Wave Longitudinal Study
Feng Zhang
What the paper says
The positive effects of growth mindset on a variety of developmental outcomes have been widely acknowledged. However, the mechanisms through which a growth mindset is associated with persistence over time are not explicitly addressed. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the mediating role of the help-seeking strategy in the longitudinal relationship between growth mindset and persistence as well as the moderating role of parent-child closeness in this mediation model. A total of 700 adolescents (Mage = 13.82 years, SD = 0.67) were recruited from one public middle school in China and were measured at two time points. The results indicated that the help-seeking strategy mediated the relationship between a growth mindset and subsequent persistence after controlling for prior persistence. Moreover, the positive correlation between growth mindset and later persistence through help-seeking was greater at higher levels of parent-child closeness. The findings revealed that the help-seeking strategy is an important mediating mechanism through which growth mindset promotes adolescents' persistence and that close relationships between parents and adolescents can enhance the mediating effect.
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
| M · momentum | 0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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