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An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion
Adolescents are often resistant to interventions that reduce aggression in children. At the same time, they are developing stronger beliefs in the fixed nature of personal characteristics, particularly aggression. The present intervention addressed these beliefs. A randomized field experiment with a...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23106262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12003 |
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author | Yeager, David Scott Trzesniewski, Kali H Dweck, Carol S |
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description | Adolescents are often resistant to interventions that reduce aggression in children. At the same time, they are developing stronger beliefs in the fixed nature of personal characteristics, particularly aggression. The present intervention addressed these beliefs. A randomized field experiment with a diverse sample of Grades 9 and 10 students (ages 14–16, n = 230) tested the impact of a 6-session intervention that taught an incremental theory (a belief in the potential for personal change). Compared to no-treatment and coping skills control groups, the incremental theory group behaved significantly less aggressively and more prosocially 1 month postintervention and exhibited fewer conduct problems 3 months postintervention. The incremental theory and the coping skills interventions also eliminated the association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-36607872013-05-22 An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion Yeager, David Scott Trzesniewski, Kali H Dweck, Carol S Child Dev Empirical Articles Adolescents are often resistant to interventions that reduce aggression in children. At the same time, they are developing stronger beliefs in the fixed nature of personal characteristics, particularly aggression. The present intervention addressed these beliefs. A randomized field experiment with a diverse sample of Grades 9 and 10 students (ages 14–16, n = 230) tested the impact of a 6-session intervention that taught an incremental theory (a belief in the potential for personal change). Compared to no-treatment and coping skills control groups, the incremental theory group behaved significantly less aggressively and more prosocially 1 month postintervention and exhibited fewer conduct problems 3 months postintervention. The incremental theory and the coping skills interventions also eliminated the association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013-05 2012-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3660787/ /pubmed/23106262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12003 Text en Child Development © 2013 The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation. |
spellingShingle | Empirical Articles Yeager, David Scott Trzesniewski, Kali H Dweck, Carol S An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title | An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title_full | An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title_fullStr | An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title_full_unstemmed | An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title_short | An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion |
title_sort | implicit theories of personality intervention reduces adolescent aggression in response to victimization and exclusion |
topic | Empirical Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23106262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12003 |
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