The effect of growth mindset intervention on academic grit, academic flow and academic thriving

Subject Areas : Educational

amene khedmatian ¹ (Ph. D Student in Psychology, bandarabbas branch. islamic azad university, Bandarabbas, Iran)
abdulzahra naami ² (Professor, Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.)
Eghbal zarei ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hormozgan, Bandarabbas, Iran)
ali khalafi ⁴ (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, shadegan branch, Islamic Azad University, shadegan, Iran)

Received: 2021-10-01 Accepted : 2021-11-08 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: academic hard work, teaching the growing mind program, academic fascination, Academic Flourishing,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of growth mindset intervention on academic grit, academic flow and academic thriving in twelfth grade students in Minab city. The statistical population of this study is all the twelfth grade students of Minab city in 1399, 40 students were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups of 20 as a sample of the study. Both groups were subjected to pre-test, post-test and. The growing mind training program consisted of 7 two-hour sessions. The participants in the experimental group received an intervention, but the control group did not receive any intervention and only underwent pre-test, post-test and. The research instruments include the Clark Academic grit Questionnaire (2017), Yuwanto (2013) Academic flow Questionnaire, and Schreiner, Pothoven, Nelson & McIntosh (2009) Academic thriving Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and analysis of variance; The results showed that the growth mindset intervention has led to increased academic grit, academic flow and academic thriving in the experimental group (p < 0.05 ). Based on the results, it is suggested that a growing mind training program be taught to students.

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