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The study aims to explore how a growth mindset influences health risk behaviors in adolescents through core self-evaluation and coping styles over time.

March 2, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

The impact of a growth mindset on adolescents’ health risk behaviors: the chain mediating role of core self-evaluation and coping style

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XXXiaomeng XuLudong University YDYun DingLudong University YZY K ZhangLudong University

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Longitudinal study finds growth mindset reduces health risk behaviors in adolescents, suggesting focus on psychological resources.

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The study aims to explore how a growth mindset influences health risk behaviors in adolescents through core self-evaluation and coping styles over time.
Conducted a three-wave longitudinal study with middle school students in eastern China.
Used cluster sampling to gather data from a sample of 534 students.
Measured growth mindset, core self-evaluation, coping style, and health risk behaviors through self-report questionnaires.
A growth mindset at T1 was linked to fewer health risk behaviors at T3.
The direct effect of a growth mindset on health risk behaviors was nonsignificant when controlling for core self-evaluation and coping style.
Both core self-evaluation and positive coping styles had significant indirect effects on reducing health risk behaviors.

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Xu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a528ecf1e85e5c73bf0567 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04211-3

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