Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
Abstract: The concept of "mindset" has been a fruitful area of research creating abundant publications in the last two decades.However, evidence on the psychometric quality of the scales assessing mindset is sparse and divergent.In this study, we investigated the extent to which the correlations between the items measuring fixed and growth mindset via the Dweck (1999) scale vary between studies, and to what extent correlations testify to the distinction between fixed and growth mindset.We used random-effects meta-analysis and meta-analytical structural modeling to synthesize 40 studies that reported item-to-item correlations of the Dweck (1999) scale.The results suggested that there was significant between-study heterogeneity.Additionally, we found that the two-factor model fitted the data better, except in some sub-groups where the one-factor model was preferred.We also found that the better reliability estimate of the scale was coefficient omega, which indicated the high scale reliability.The moderator analysis suggested that the between-study heterogeneity was due to presence of moderator effects in models.As implications, findings of this study could be helpful for researchers referring to the scale, as it provides insights into the factor structure of mindset assessments, better fitting models, moderators, clustering and reliability coefficients.
Author: Kharlamov, Aleksei
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7046951602