My Intelligence May Be More Malleable than Yours: The Revised Implicit Theories of Intelligence (Self-Theory) Scale Is a Better Predictor of Achievement, Motivation, and Student Disengagement

Autor/inn/en	De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Donald
Titel	My Intelligence May Be More Malleable than Yours: The Revised Implicit Theories of Intelligence (Self-Theory) Scale Is a Better Predictor of Achievement, Motivation, and Student Disengagement
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 30 (2015) 3, S.245-267 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
DOI	10.1007/s10212-015-0244-y
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Intelligence; Self Esteem; Intelligence Tests; Theories; Influences; High School Students; Predictor Variables; Goal Orientation; Grades (Scholastic); Truancy; Helplessness; Learner Engagement; Beliefs; Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Theory; Theorie; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prädiktor; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Notenspiegel; Schulabsentismus; Schulschwänzen; Schulverweigerung; Hilflosigkeit; Belief; Glaube; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Australien
Abstract	The belief that intelligence is malleable has important consequences for achievement and motivation (Blackwell et al. "Child Development," v78, p246-263. 2007; Dweck, 1999; Robins & Pals, "Self and Identity," v1, p313-336, 2002). However, believing that it is possible to improve intelligence does not necessarily mean students are always confident they can improve their own. The current study presents a revised "self-theory" measure of the implicit theories of intelligence scale, which assess students' beliefs about their ability to mold their own intelligence in contrast to their beliefs about the malleability of intelligence in general. In testing with 643 Australian high school students (62% female) ranging from 15 to 19 years of age (M?=?16.6, standard deviation (SD)?=?1.01), the belief that intelligence is "fixed" was predictive of lower endorsement of achievement goals, greater helplessness attributions, and poorer self-reported academic grades. Fixed "entity" beliefs were also predictive of academic self-handicapping, truancy, and disengagement. On all of these measures, the new self-theory scale uniquely explained greater outcome variance. These results indicate that students' implicit beliefs--particularly about their own intelligence--may have important implications for their motivation, engagement, and performance in school. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01