Parents' Intelligence Mindsets Relate to Child Internalizing Problems: Moderation Through Child Gender

被引：12

作者：

Schleider, Jessica L. ^{[1
]}

Schroder, Hans S. ^{[2
]}

Lo, Sharon L. ^{[2
]}

Fisher, Megan ^{[2
]}

Danovitch, Judith H. ^{[3
]}

Weisz, John R. ^{[1
]}

Moser, Jason S. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Psychol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[3] Univ Louisville, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Louisville, KY 40292 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES | 2016年 / 25卷 / 12期

关键词：

Mindset; Internalizing problems; Child mental health; Parent beliefs; STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; IMPLICIT THEORIES; DEPRESSION SCALE; PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; PROCESS PRAISE; MOTHERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RESPONSES;

D O I：

10.1007/s10826-016-0513-7

中图分类号：

D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

1204 ;

摘要：

Parental belief systems can strongly influence children's affect, behavior, and mental health. However, associations between specific kinds of parental beliefs and children's mental health have not been thoroughly explored. One relevant belief system is parental intelligence mindset: beliefs about the malleability of intelligence. Children of parents who view intelligence as static (known as a fixed intelligence mindset), rather than malleable through effort (known as a growth intelligence mindset), experience more academic, self-regulatory, and motivational difficulty. However, associations between parental intelligence mindset and child mental health problems are unclear. Accordingly, we tested whether parents' intelligence mindsets related to internalizing problems in their children (N = 131, ages 5-8). Overall, parents with stronger fixed intelligence mindsets had children with greater internalizing problems, particularly social anxiety (characterized by fear of negative evaluation). Results further revealed that parents' fixed intelligence mindsets were associated with overall internalizing problems and depressive symptoms in boys, but not girls. Results are the first to suggest and parse direct links between parents' intelligence mindsets and youth internalizing problems.

引用

页码：3627 / 3636

页数：10

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