ERIC Number: EJ1464662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-1381-2890
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1928
Available Date: 2025-03-24
Does Parental Support Amplify Growth Mindset Predictions for Student Achievement and Persistence? Cross-Cultural Findings from 76 Countries/Regions
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v28 n1 Article 88 2025
The ongoing debate over the positive effects of a growth mindset on student outcomes has called for investigations into its contextual moderators (see Yeager & Dweck in Am Psychol 75(9):1269--1284, 2020. 10.1037/amp0000794). This study examined the potential moderating role of parental support in the associations of a growth mindset with student achievement (reading, math, science) and persistence. We used linear mixed effects analyses on the PISA 2018 dataset consisting of 468,059 15-year-old students from 76 countries/regions, accounting for the nested structure at the country level, measurement errors, sampling weights, and all plausible values for achievement. After controlling for student gender, grade, and socioeconomic status, findings show that both growth mindset and parental support positively predicted all achievement outcomes. Importantly, results show significant interactions between growth mindset and parental support for all four outcomes, suggesting that the growth mindset was more positively linked to achievement and persistence when students perceived higher parental support. The strength of the growth mindset x parental support interaction varied across countries/regions, with stronger effects found in cultures with higher collectivism. These findings highlight how parental support strengthens the link between growth mindset and student achievement and persistence, with variations across cultures. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Parent Student Relationship, Comparative Education, Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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Author Affiliations: 1The Ohio State University, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology, Columbus, USA; 2The Education University of Hong Kong, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Tai Po, Hong Kong