{"title":"Optimism Shapes Mindset","authors":"William Dardick, Elizabeth D. Tuckwillber","doi":"10.32674/JISE.V0I0.1244","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated our hypothesis of an underlying relationship \nbetween optimism/pessimism and implicit theories of intelligence. We \ninvestigated the psychometric properties of optimism and mindset scales in \nour sample, compared confirmatory factor analysis models of the scales, \nexamined the full measurement model to confirm quality measurement of the \nfinal structural phase of investigation, and finally conducted two competing \nstructural equation models. We found that the direct pathway from optimism \nto growth mindset was significant, and the pathway from pessimism to fixed \nmindset was also significant. However, there were no significant direct effects \nof optimism on fixed mindset or pessimism on growth mindset. Measurement, \nresearch, and practice implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":50177,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Information Science and Engineering","volume":"8 1","pages":"21-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Information Science and Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.32674/JISE.V0I0.1244","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present study investigated our hypothesis of an underlying relationship
between optimism/pessimism and implicit theories of intelligence. We
investigated the psychometric properties of optimism and mindset scales in
our sample, compared confirmatory factor analysis models of the scales,
examined the full measurement model to confirm quality measurement of the
final structural phase of investigation, and finally conducted two competing
structural equation models. We found that the direct pathway from optimism
to growth mindset was significant, and the pathway from pessimism to fixed
mindset was also significant. However, there were no significant direct effects
of optimism on fixed mindset or pessimism on growth mindset. Measurement,
research, and practice implications are discussed.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Information Science and Engineering is dedicated to the dissemination of information on computer science, computer engineering, and computer systems. This journal encourages articles on original research in the areas of computer hardware, software, man-machine interface, theory and applications. tutorial papers in the above-mentioned areas, and state-of-the-art papers on various aspects of computer systems and applications.