Pelho, Katariina (2023) The Role of Mindset on Future Success Expectations After Work-Related Setbacks. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The role of implicit theories, or mindsets, after setbacks has been widely researched in many settings, but research in the professional context is scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate how different mindsets affect people’s self-regulatory behavior after negative feedback. More specifically, we aimed to investigate how mindset affects self-regulation in the goal-monitoring phase of goal pursuit (Burnette et al., 2013). We hypothesized that mindset affects individuals’ future expectations for success after receiving negative feedback, and that adaptive perfectionism will buffer against the threat of failure. Our results show that individuals with a growth mindset experience more success expectations than individuals with a fixed mindset. Adaptive perfectionism did not have a significant moderating effect, but was found to be highly associated with success expectations when separated from mindset. The research utilized highly generalized tasks and feedback, and future research should focus on providing tasks that are specific to certain fields or jobs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Heihal, T.I. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2023 15:52 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 15:52 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1841 |
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