Add to ORKGConsiderable research supports Dweck’s (2006) theory of mindsets, yet few researchers have studied mental health mindset. The current study explores this link through developing a measure that applies Dweck’s dimensions of fixed vs. growth mindset to appraisals of anxiety while also assessing beliefs about strategies for managing anxiety. In Studies 1-4, we develop this measure and report the correlations among the four scales - Fixed, Growth, Acceptance, and Change - as well as the correlations between these scales and various measures of wellbeing in both undergraduate and high school samples. Study 5 builds on and extends this research by using an education paradigm to teach participants about either an acceptance or change approach to a...
New Zealand has a problem with reading achievement, in spite of ongoing efforts to address the issue...
When told I was moving to Glasgow, my dentist promptly quoted the British sitcom Porridge: ‘I though...
This paper introduces a novel conceptualisation of mental imagery; namely, that is grease for the mi...
We have various strategies available to us for understanding another person’s state of mind. Cogniti...
An estimated 13% of the global adolescent population aged 12-19 years – or 166 million children – li...
Whichever way one looks at it, studying ancient minds is a challenge. This is largely because the ma...
The ‘hunter gatherer hypothesis’ posits that prehistoric environments and social roles have resulted...
Most people think of themselves as pretty good at understanding others’ beliefs, desires, emotions, ...
Approximately two billion people worldwide are infected with a soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and c...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
Both tactile distance perception and position sense are believed to require that immediate afferent...
This article explores John Dewey’s theories of inquiry, communication and existence in relation to d...
The recent Green Paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision contains muc...
The dichotomy between ‘truth’ and ‘falsity’ in relation to memory is difficult to clearly sustain. T...
Introduction National statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their s...
New Zealand has a problem with reading achievement, in spite of ongoing efforts to address the issue...
When told I was moving to Glasgow, my dentist promptly quoted the British sitcom Porridge: ‘I though...
This paper introduces a novel conceptualisation of mental imagery; namely, that is grease for the mi...
We have various strategies available to us for understanding another person’s state of mind. Cogniti...
An estimated 13% of the global adolescent population aged 12-19 years – or 166 million children – li...
Whichever way one looks at it, studying ancient minds is a challenge. This is largely because the ma...
The ‘hunter gatherer hypothesis’ posits that prehistoric environments and social roles have resulted...
Most people think of themselves as pretty good at understanding others’ beliefs, desires, emotions, ...
Approximately two billion people worldwide are infected with a soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and c...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
Both tactile distance perception and position sense are believed to require that immediate afferent...
This article explores John Dewey’s theories of inquiry, communication and existence in relation to d...
The recent Green Paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision contains muc...
The dichotomy between ‘truth’ and ‘falsity’ in relation to memory is difficult to clearly sustain. T...
Introduction National statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their s...
New Zealand has a problem with reading achievement, in spite of ongoing efforts to address the issue...
When told I was moving to Glasgow, my dentist promptly quoted the British sitcom Porridge: ‘I though...
This paper introduces a novel conceptualisation of mental imagery; namely, that is grease for the mi...