Mindset-culture mismatch is proposed to lower belonging most for students who strongly endorse a growth mindset¶
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q1 i? Students with strong growth mindset beliefs may feel socially and psychologically disconnected in peer environments promoting fixed ability beliefs, even without overt stereotypes. → Eunjin Seo 2025
Evidence¶
Eunjin Seo 2025¶
Eunjin Seo, Margarett Clapper, Cameron A. Hecht, Robert Crosnoe, David S. Yeager. (2025). Peer Mindset Culture as a Developmental Context for Belonging. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10082-8
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Theoretical argument introducing the mindset-culture mismatch concept, defined as incongruence between an individual's beliefs and the dominant mindset norms of their environment. The review attributes supporting evidence to Canning et al. (2020) on organizational growth mindset norms and Wallace et al. (2023).
"As a result, students with a growth mindset may feel socially and psychologically disconnected, even when no overt stereotype is at play (Muenks et al., 2021; Seo et al., 2025b)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Belonging — outcome: instruction changes it
- Mindset — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
Related Claims¶
- Fixed mindset peer cultures are theorized to suppress help-seeking and peer support, especially for struggling students — related
- Fixed mindset peer cultures are theorized to erode belonging via identity threat, especially for minoritized students — related
- Minoritized students reported lower belonging where peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs, with an asymmetric pattern — related
- Specific observable mindset-signaling behaviors have been identified that convey peers' implicit beliefs about ability — related
- Peer mindsets are socially transmissible: a recent meta-analysis links peers' mindsets to students' own mindsets — related
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Mindset-culture mismatch is proposed to lower belonging most for students who strongly endorse a growth mindset |
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Mindset-culture mismatch is proposed to lower belonging most for students who strongly endorse a growth mindset |
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