TY - JOUR
T1 - Fairness, trust, and school climate as foundational to growth mindset
T2 - A study among Brazilian children and adolescents
AU - Thomas, Kendra J.
AU - Moreira de Cunha, Josafá
AU - Americo de Souza, Denise
AU - Santo, Jonathan
PY - 2019/4/21
Y1 - 2019/4/21
N2 - Recent research has established the importance of children and adolescents developing a growth mindset for future success and motivation. This research tests believes about fairness, adult trust, and school climate that are theoretically foundational for establishing a cognitive connection between effort and outcome. Regressions and MANOVAS were conducted to understand the direct and indirect relationships between perceptions of justice, adult trust, school climate and growth mindsets. The first study included 363 children from Brazilian public schools and the findings supported our hypothesis that adult trust partially mediates the relationship between justice perceptions and growth mindset. The second study included an adolescent sample (n = 497) from more diverse backgrounds and included a measure of institutional mindset. In this study, school fairness and solidarity mediated the relationship between perceptions of justice on institutional growth mindset. This research can help inform educators and researchers of other constructs necessary to foster a growth mindset.
AB - Recent research has established the importance of children and adolescents developing a growth mindset for future success and motivation. This research tests believes about fairness, adult trust, and school climate that are theoretically foundational for establishing a cognitive connection between effort and outcome. Regressions and MANOVAS were conducted to understand the direct and indirect relationships between perceptions of justice, adult trust, school climate and growth mindsets. The first study included 363 children from Brazilian public schools and the findings supported our hypothesis that adult trust partially mediates the relationship between justice perceptions and growth mindset. The second study included an adolescent sample (n = 497) from more diverse backgrounds and included a measure of institutional mindset. In this study, school fairness and solidarity mediated the relationship between perceptions of justice on institutional growth mindset. This research can help inform educators and researchers of other constructs necessary to foster a growth mindset.
KW - Justice
KW - cognition
KW - group climate
KW - locus of control
KW - trust
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U2 - 10.1080/01443410.2018.1549726
DO - 10.1080/01443410.2018.1549726
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060191758
SN - 0144-3410
VL - 39
SP - 510
EP - 529
JO - Educational Psychology
JF - Educational Psychology
IS - 4
ER -