Assessing Mindsets: A Meta-Analysis of the Reliability and Factor Structure of Dweck's Mindset Scale

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Abstract

Growth mindset is an influential concept in the fields of psychology and education. However, the evidence on the psychometric quality of the scales assessing mindset is scarce. This study presents a meta-analysis of the psychometric properties of Dweck’s popular Mindset Scale. We synthesized information from 33 primary studies that reported the item-to-item correlations of Dweck’s Mindset Scale (DMS). To investigate the reliability and factor structure of the scale, we used random-effects meta-analysis and meta-analytic structural modeling. The scale exhibited high reliability (\omega_T=.89), and a two-factor model represented the data better than a single-factor model. The evidence supports the application of the scale to different contexts and conditions and the distinction between growth and fixed mindsets with the DMS.

Authors

• Diego Gonzalez Campos, University of Oslo

• Aleksei Kharlamov, University of Oslo

• Ronny Scherer, University of Oslo