Parents' own incremental theories did not predict their process praise use or their children's motivational frameworks, and counter-intuitively correlated with more person praise¶
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q2 i2 Parents' incremental theory scores correlated with more frequent person praise, r(44) = .29, p < .05, but not with process praise (r = −.12) or children's frameworks (r = −.06). → Gunderson Elizabeth A. 2013
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Gunderson Elizabeth A. 2013¶
Gunderson Elizabeth A., Gripshover Sarah J., Romero Carissa, Dweck Carol S., Goldin-Meadow Susan, Levine Susan C. (2013). Parent Praise to 1-3 Year-Olds Predicts Children's Motivational Frameworks 5 Years Later. Child development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12064
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Analysis of the 46 dyads with parent implicit-theory questionnaire data (8-item scale, α = .92). The printed effect size was r = .29 ("r(44) = .29, p < .05"); parents' theories were unrelated to children's frameworks, r(44) = −.06, p = .70, and to process praise, r(44) = −.12, p = .41.
"Counter-intuitively, parents' higher incremental theory scores were correlated with more frequent use of person praise, as a percent of total praise, r(44) = .29, p < .05"
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Related Claims¶
- Parents' naturalistic process praise at child ages 14-38 months predicts children's incremental motivational frameworks at age 7-8 — related
- Parents' person praise at 14-38 months was not associated with children's later entity frameworks — related
- Praise for intelligence, rather than for effort, after success undermines children's motivation and performance after a later failure — related
- Parents' praise styles were stable across child ages 14-38 months, with person praise declining and other praise increasing — related
- Parents' beliefs about failure and reactions to children's failures, not their own mindsets, predict children's mindsets — related
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Parents' own incremental theories did not predict their process praise use or their children's motivational frameworks, and counter-intuitively correlated with more person praise |
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Parents' own incremental theories did not predict their process praise use or their children's motivational frameworks, and counter-intuitively correlated with more person praise |
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