Fanning the Flames of Passion: A Develop Mindset Predicts Strategy-Use Intentions to Cultivate Passion

Frontiers in Psychology

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Patricia Chen¹  Yuching Lin³  Don J. H. Pereira¹  Paul A. O’Keefe²  J. Frank Yates⁶ 

[1] Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore;Institute for Applied Learning Sciences and Educational Technology, National University of Singapore;Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, United States;Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College;Department of Management and Organisation, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore;Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, United States

关键词: mindsets;    implicit theories;    passion;    self-regulation;    strategies;    well-being;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634903

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

College students are encouraged to major in subjects they are passionate about but less often advised about what to do when passion is low. What self-regulatory strategies do students use to up-regulate their passion toward their subjects, and how might they be oriented toward using such effective strategies? Three studies examined how the belief that passion is developed – a “develop” mindset – relates to students’ intentions to use strategies to actively grow their passion. The more strongly students endorsed a develop mindset, the more of these “cultivation strategies” they reported using, and in turn, the larger their increase in reported passion toward their subject majors (Study 1). Instilling a develop mindset causally increased students’ intentions to use more cultivation strategies (Study 2) – with some effects lasting up to a year (Study 3). Instilling a develop mindset can potentially help students to ignite their passion when its flame burns low.

【 授权许可】

CC BY