Lai Xiaoxiong, Nie Chang, Huang Shunsen, Li Yajun, Xin Tao, Zhang Cai, Wang Yun
State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 12;19(6):3355. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063355.
The negative association between the growth mindset and mental health problems suggests that prevention and intervention programs to improve mental health by targeting mindset may have potential clinical value. However, research on the longitudinal effect of mindset on adolescent mental health and its underlying mechanisms is lacking. Using a three-wave longitudinal design, we obtained data from a diverse sample of Chinese adolescents (n = 2543). Longitudinal multiple mediation models were constructed to examine the effects of the growth mindset on levels of anxiety and depression two years later. In addition, the mediating effects of smartphone use for entertainment and problematic smartphone use (PSU) were examined. After controlling for various covariates and the autoregressive effects of mental health problems, the growth mindset had significant negative effects on anxiety (β = −0.053, p = 0.004) and depression (β = −0.074, p < 0.001). Smartphone use had a significant mediating role in the effect of mindset on anxiety (β = −0.016, p < 0.001) and depression (β = −0.016, p < 0.001). The growth mindset has long-lasting positive effects on adolescent mental health. Smartphone use for entertainment and PSU mediate the effect of mindset on adolescent mental health.
成长型思维模式与心理健康问题之间的负相关表明，通过针对思维模式来改善心理健康的预防和干预项目可能具有潜在的临床价值。然而，关于思维模式对青少年心理健康的纵向影响及其潜在机制的研究尚属空白。我们采用三波纵向设计，从中国青少年的多样化样本（n = 2543）中获取数据。构建纵向多重中介模型，以检验两年后成长型思维模式对焦虑和抑郁水平的影响。此外，还检验了用于娱乐的智能手机使用和问题性智能手机使用（PSU）的中介作用。在控制了各种协变量和心理健康问题的自回归效应后，成长型思维模式对焦虑（β = −0.053，p = 0.004）和抑郁（β = −0.074，p < 0.001）有显著的负面影响。智能手机使用在思维模式对焦虑（β = −0.016，p < 0.001）和抑郁（β = −0.016，p < 0.001）的影响中起显著的中介作用。成长型思维模式对青少年心理健康有长期的积极影响。用于娱乐的智能手机使用和PSU介导了思维模式对青少年心理健康的影响。
