Peer mindsets are socially transmissible: a recent meta-analysis links peers' mindsets to students' own mindsets¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Students may internalize and adopt fixed mindset beliefs expressed by peers, sometimes to fit in; the review cites a recent meta-analysis linking peers' mindsets to students' own mindsets. → 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 finding to Fong et al. (2025b); the reviewed meta-analysis's design is not described in the source text. The review also cites King (2020) finding that students' mindsets aligned with peers' only after several months of consistent interaction.

"This pattern is empirically supported by a recent meta-analysis linking peers' mindsets to students' own mindsets (Fong et al., 2025b)."

Discussion¶

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