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Teachers' Growth Mindset and Work Engagement in the Chinese Educational Context

Well-Being and Perseverance of Effort as Mediators

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ID23355802
AuthorsGuang Zeng (0000-0002-3844-4921, Tsinghua University), Xinjie Chen (0000-0002-5492-225X, Stanford University, corresponding author), Hoi Yan Cheung (0000-0002-2879-2842, University of Macau), Kaiping Peng (0000-0001-8515-3409, Tsinghua University)
Year2019
Volume10
Pages839-839
Publication date2019-04-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-1078 • E-ISSN: 1664-1078
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00839
PMID31057463
OpenAlexW2936230053
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited77

The current study investigated the relationships among growth mindset, work engagement, perseverance of effort and well-being for secondary school teachers in the Chinese educational context. We adopted Growth Mindset Inventory, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), Grit Scale (Perseverance subscale), and PERMA profiles that measure five dimensions of well-being. Participants included 472 secondary school teachers from 10 secondary schools in central China. Correlation analysis showed that growth mindset, well-being, and perseverance of effort could all predict work engagement. Moreover, the structural equation model and mediation analysis further suggested that well-being and perseverance of effort could partially mediate the relationship between growth mindset and work engagement. This study permitted to advance our knowledge about the relationship between growth mindset and work engagement, which should be considered for future teaching practices and teacher development.

Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Mediation · Mindset · Pedagogy · Scale (ratio) · Social science · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Student engagement · Work (physics) · Work engagement · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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