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Personal Belief in a Just World and the Growth Mindset in Chinese Adolescence: Prospective Between-Person and Within-Person Associations

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  • Chuqi Chen

    (Hangzhou Normal University
    Hangzhou Normal University)

  • Tenghui Shen

    (Hangzhou Normal University
    McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University)

  • Sai Tang

    (Hangzhou Normal University)

  • Yang Gao

    (Hangzhou Normal University)

  • Daoyang Wang

    (Hangzhou Normal University
    McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University)

Abstract

Individual differences in personal belief in a just world (PBJW) and growth mindset can predict people’s emotions and actions when faced with difficulties, but little is known about how the two attributes influence each other during adolescence. This study analyzed the longitudinal trajectories of PBJW and growth mindset scores and the bidirectional longitudinal associations between them with structural equation modeling. Chinese adolescents (N = 10,350, Mage = 16.62, SD = 0.81, 62.2% males, at Wave 1) completed self-report questionnaires on three occasions over 3 academic years. The results of latent growth models (LGMs) indicate that both PBJW and growth mindset scores increased linearly over the study period. In the cross-lagged panel models (CLPMs), a bidirectional interaction between PBJW and growth mindset scores was detected. In the random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs), the results suggest that being treated more fairly reinforced individuals’ belief in the malleability of personal abilities at the within-person level, but not vice versa. Overall, the effect of PBJW on growth mindset scores was robust, whereas the effect of growth mindset scores on PBJW was only present at the between-person level. These results provide evidence of an interaction between PBJW and a growth mindset, and highlight the need to distinguish between- and within-person effects.

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  • Chuqi Chen & Tenghui Shen & Sai Tang & Yang Gao & Daoyang Wang, 2024. "Personal Belief in a Just World and the Growth Mindset in Chinese Adolescence: Prospective Between-Person and Within-Person Associations," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 19(5), pages 2447-2465, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:19:y:2024:i:5:d:10.1007_s11482-024-10339-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-024-10339-4
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