Minoritized students reported lower belonging where peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs, with an asymmetric pattern¶
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q2 i? Black and Latinx students reported lower belonging in classrooms where their Asian and White peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs, whereas the reverse was not true. → 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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Narrative review attributing this empirical finding to Lee et al. (2025); the reviewed study's design is not described in the supplied text. The review uses it to argue that selective affiliation is especially consequential for students from historically minoritized backgrounds.
"Recent evidence shows that Black and Latinx students reported lower belonging in classrooms where their Asian and White peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs (Lee et al., 2025), whereas the reverse was not true."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Belonging — outcome: instruction changes it
- Identity — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
- Mindset — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
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
- Mindset-culture mismatch is proposed to lower belonging most for students who strongly endorse a growth mindset — related
- Black and Latinx students generally feel less safe at school than their White peers — related
- A racial school-climate gap exists: White and Asian students generally report higher safety, support, and connectedness than African American, American Indian, and Hispanic students — related
- Peer mindsets are socially transmissible: a recent meta-analysis links peers' mindsets to students' own mindsets — related
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Minoritized students reported lower belonging where peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs, with an asymmetric pattern |
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Minoritized students reported lower belonging where peers endorsed more fixed mindset beliefs, with an asymmetric pattern |
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2025 |
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2026-10-22 |
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