Dangerous mindsets: How beliefs about intelligence predict motivational change

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-752

  Haimovitz, Kyla ^a,b   Wormington, Stephanie V ^a,c   Corpus, Jennifer Henderlong ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement goals; Intelligence beliefs; Intrinsic motivation; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755140158     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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