Mindsets That Promote Resilience: When Students Believe That Personal Characteristics Can Be Developed

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-314

  Yeager, David Scott ^a   Dweck, Carol S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867758501     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.722805     Document Type: Review

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