Does Growth Mindset Affect Students’ Social and Emotional Skills Development: Empirical Analyses Based on OECD Social and Emotional Skills Study

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.04.002

Abstract

Abstract:

Mindset plays a decisive role in people’s words and deeds. This study adopted the OECD-Suzhou data to explore the growth mindset of 10-year-old and 15-year-old adolescents in social and emotional skills from the perspective of students, parents, and teachers, as well as the relationship between their thinking patterns and abilities. The results of the study show that, first, the growth mindset of students’ social and emotional skills is restricted by socioeconomic status. Second, the growth mindset of students, parents, and teachers’ social and emotional skills is significantly positive, relevant, and predictive for students’ social and emotional skills. This result has enriched the current research on growth-oriented mindset and society and skills, and pointed out and provided new ways and new measures to promote the cultivation of the social and emotional skills of our teenagers.

Key words: adolescents, growth mindset, social and emotional skills, regression analyses

Zhongjing Huang, Kaiyue Shang, Jing Zhang. Does Growth Mindset Affect Students’ Social and Emotional Skills Development: Empirical Analyses Based on OECD Social and Emotional Skills Study[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2023, 41(4): 22-32.

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年龄		N	M（SD）	t	p	Cohen’d	95% CI
10岁	男	1977	6.81（2.28）	1.768	0.08	0.06	[?0.01, 0.27]
	女	1654	6.94（2.12）
	高社会经济地位	907	7.17（2.36）	4.607	0.00	0.22	[0.27, 0.67]
	低社会经济地位	907	6.70（2.00）
15岁	男	1849	6.94（2.00）	?0.324	0.75	0.01	[?0.15, 0.10]
	女	1755	6.92（1.83）
	高社会经济地位	903	7.18（1.97）	5.081	0.00	0.24	[0.28, 0.64]
	低社会经济地位	903	6.72（1.85）

		学生		家长		教师
		10岁	15岁	10岁	15岁	10岁	15岁
交往能力	果敢	0.13**	0.18**	0.05**	0.06**	0.02**	?0.01**
	乐群	0.18**	0.24**	0.07**	0.04**	?0.01*	?0.04**
	活力	0.18**	0.21**	0.07**	0.03**	0.02**	?0.02**
任务能力	毅力	0.17**	0.19**	0.06**	0.07**	?0.01**	?0.01**
	责任感	0.16**	0.20**	0.05**	0.02**	0.01*	< 0.01
	自控力	0.13**	0.16**	0.04**	0.05**	< 0.01	0.02*
情绪调节	抗压力	0.18**	0.16**	0.06**	0.01*	0.01**	?0.03**
	乐观	0.19**	0.23**	0.06**	0.05**	?0.02**	?0.02**
	情绪控制	0.13**	0.22**	0.03**	0.06**	?0.01**	?0.02**
协作能力	共情	0.16**	0.23**	0.04**	0.04**	?0.01**	?0.01**
	合作	0.16**	0.23**	0.04**	0.05**	< 0.01	< 0.01
	信任	0.10**	0.18**	0.01**	0.02**	?0.04**	?0.01
开放能力	包容度	0.17**	0.25**	0.04**	0.06**	< 0.01	?0.01
	好奇心	0.17**	0.24**	0.05**	0.07**	< 0.01	?0.01
	创造性	0.18**	0.23**	0.09**	0.06**	0.02**	?0.02**

		学生（N = 3635）				家长（N = 3572）				教师（N = 1397）
		R²	β	t	95% CI	R²	β	t	95% CI	R²	β	t	95% CI
交往能力	果敢	0.06	0.11**	36.21	[3.97, 4.42]	0.05	0.02**	6.40	[0.67, 1.25]	0.05	0.01**	4.03	[0.27, 0.78]
	乐群	0.06	0.17**	55.23	[7.89, 8.47]	0.03	0.05**	15.81	[2.67, 3.43]	0.03	?0.01**	?3.56	[?0.93, ?0.27]
	活力	0.06	0.17**	55.86	[7.44, 7.99]	0.03	0.05**	15.40	[2.43, 3.14]	0.03	0.02**	4.89	[0.46, 1.08]
任务能力	毅力	0.05	0.15**	49.58	[7.25, 7.85]	0.04	0.04**	12.44	[2.08, 2.86]	0.03	?0.02**	?5.97	[?1.37, ?0.69]
	责任感	0.07	0.15**	47.72	[7.32, 7.95]	0.05	0.03**	8.33	[1.33, 2.14]	0.04	< ?0.01	?0.98	[?0.54, 0.18]
	自控力	0.05	0.11**	36.20	[4.85, 5.41]	0.03	0.04**	9.55	[1.39, 2.11]	0.03	?0.01*	?2.29	[?0.68, ?0.05]
情绪调节	抗压力	0.05	0.16**	53.34	[8.09, 8.70]	0.02	0.04**	12.57	[2.18, 2.98]	0.02	?0.01	1.71	[?0.05, 0.66]
	乐观	0.06	0.18**	59.41	[9.07, 9.69]	0.03	0.04**	13.23	[2.33, 3.13]	0.03	?0.03**	?7.93	[?1.78, ?1.08]
	情绪控制	0.03	0.12**	39.22	[6.55, 7.24]	0.02	0.02**	5.15	[0.73, 1.62]	0.02	?0.02**	?5.88	[?1.55, ?0.78]
协作能力	共情	0.06	0.14**	46.34	[7.02, 7.64]	0.04	0.02**	6.24	[0.88, 1.69]	0.04	?0.01**	?3.21	[?0.93, ?0.23]
	合作	0.06	0.15**	48.96	[7.27, 7.87]	0.03	0.03**	8.07	[0.99, 1.02]	0.03	< ?0.01	?0.934	[?0.51, 0.18]
	信任	0.02	0.09**	29.12	[4.77, 5.45]	0.02	< ?0.01	?1.01	[?0.67, 0.22]	0.04	?0.02**	?4.87	[?1.18, ?0.50]
开放能力	包容度	0.06	0.15**	49.99	[7.32, 7.92]	0.04	0.02**	5.73	[0.75, 1.53]	0.02	?0.04**	?11.00	[?2.57, ?1.79]
	好奇心	0.03	0.16**	51.78	[6.94, 7.49]	0.04	0.03**	9.74	[1.41, 2.12]	0.04	< ?0.01	?2.86	[?0.77, ?0.14]
	创造性	0.10	0.17**	56.73	[8.29, 8.89]	0.07	0.06**	18.25	[3.21, 3.99]	0.07	0.01**	4.01	[0.35, 1.03]

		学生（N = 3613）				家长（N = 3491）				教师（N = 2327）
		R²	β	t	95% CI	R²	β	t	95% CI	R²	β	t	95% CI
交往能力	果敢	0.05	0.17**	38.30	[6.14, 6.81]	0.03	0.04**	9.28	[1.43, 2.20]	0.03	?0.01**	?2.94	[?0.80, ?0.16]
	乐群	0.07	0.22**	51.56	[9.50, 10.26]	0.02	0.03**	5.90	[0.85, 1.70]	0.02	?0.04**	?8.23	[?1.84, ?1.13]
	活力	0.07	0.20**	46.08	[7.65, 8.33]	0.03	0.02**	4.90	[0.59, 1.38]	0.03	?0.02**	?5.05	[?1.18, ?0.52]
任务能力	毅力	0.06	0.19**	42.47	[7.20, 7.89]	0.03	0.06**	12.56	[2.18, 2.98]	0.02	?0.02**	?3.79	[?0.99, ?0.31]
	责任感	0.05	0.19**	43.24	[8.32, 9.11]	0.02	0.01*	2.20	[0.06, 0.97]	0.02	< ?0.01	?0.25	[?0.43, 0.34]
	自控力	0.05	0.16**	35.35	[5.87, 6.55]	0.03	0.04**	8.60	[1.34, 2.13]	0.03	0.02**	3.37	[0.24, 0.90]
情绪调节	抗压力	0.05	0.16**	35.54	[6.70, 7.48]	0.03	< ?0.01	?0.43	[?0.55, 0.35]	0.03	?0.04**	?8.04	[?1.93, ?1.17]
	乐观	0.07	0.23**	53.68	[9.56, 10.28]	0.02	0.03**	7.06	[1.14, 2.02]	0.02	?0.02**	?4.44	[?1.20, ?0.47]
	情绪控制	0.08	0.21**	49.94	[6.45, 6.97]	0.04	0.05**	10.30	[1.81, 2.66]	0.04	?0.03**	?5.87	[?1.42, ?0.71]
协作能力	共情	0.08	0.20**	47.14	[8.42, 9.15]	0.02	0.02**	4.31	[0.51, 1.37]	0.02	?0.01**	?2.66	[?0.84, ?0.12]
	合作	0.06	0.22**	51.47	[9.48, 10.23]	0.01	0.04**	8.44	[1.45, 2.33]	0.01	?0.01	?1.16	[?0.58, 0.15]
	信任	0.03	0.17**	39.27	[7.49, 8.28]	0.00	0.02**	3.87	[0.44, 1.36]	<0.01	?0.01	2.40	[?0.84, 0.09]
开放能力	包容度	0.09	0.24**	55.48	[11.03, 11.84]	0.04	0.04**	9.12	[1.73, 2.68]	0.035	< ?0.01	?0.66	[?0.53, 0.27]
	好奇心	0.08	0.23**	52.74	[8.71, 9.39]	0.03	0.05**	11.11	[1.84, 2.62]	0.03	< ?0.01	?1.42	[?0.57, 0.09]
	创造性	0.10	0.21**	49.14	[9.16, 9.92]	0.06	0.03**	7.57	[1.27, 2.15]	0.06	?0.02**	?5.32	[?1.37, ?0.63]

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