Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 26, 2024

ABSTRACT Parenting can bring both joy and stress. Identifying factors that foster greater engagement enjoyment while also helping parents cope with inevitable stressors is critical for healthy child development parental wellbeing. In the current work, we build on growth mindset theory to explore individual differences in beliefs about changeable nature of parenting ability. Specifically, across three correlational studies ( N = 1170), investigated if mindsets related coping wake setbacks engagement. Growth predicted more positive expectations less avoidant after challenges, these processes, mindsets, correlated Across studies, average links between two primary outcomes interest—avoidant engagement—were r −0.31 0.20, respectively.

Язык: Английский