I intend to conduct a study based on Dweck's theory of mindsets (implicit personality theories, or self-theories). I am looking for a survey for measuring a mindset for employees in organizations.
You might use Dweck's (1999) original paper, "Implicit Theories of Intelligence." It contains a 4 item entity beliefs sub-scale (fixed belief) and 4 item incremental beliefs sub-scale (growth mindset). DeCastella & Byrne (2015) reverse-scored the entity belief items for a single score. Hope this helps some, Lina. ~ Kevin
You can easily google to get a standard scale which you can adapt or adopt for your study
Kevin Grobman well great. Thanks a lot!
I have one more question, please.
I have found a scale that include 20 items measuring the mindset. It has 5 dimensions which are: challenge, obstacles, effort, critism and success of others.
Could I use it instead? As these dimensions are more convenient for my study.
I have attached the survey.
Many thanks.
Interesting handout for teaching about Growth Mindset! I don't think there's an objectively right answer about what scale you should use. If the handout works better for your purposes, then that makes sense. If you're planning to try and publish a paper, you might want to be sure there's a scholarly citation you can cite for the scale's reliability and validity. So maybe try PsychINFO searches and see what you find. Best wishes with your project, Lina! ~ Kevin
Kevin Grobman thanks a lot for your helpful answer.
I got your point. Could you breifly guide me how to do this research on PsychINFO?
Many thanks!
I'm not sure if PsychINFO is the generally accepted "card catalog" of Psychology journal articles around the world? Try your university's library website, which probably provides databases for different fields. If it's not clear, you might ask your university research librarian how to access it. Good luck with your research, Lina! ~ Kevin
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