The Role of Implicit Theories in Mental Health Symptoms, Emotion Regulation, and Hypothetical Treatment Choices in College Students

Schroder, Hans S.; Dawood, Sindes; Yalch, Matthew M.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Moser, Jason S.

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“…Indeed, Dweck and Elliott-Moskwa (2010) argued for similar effects concerning implicit theories of mental disorders and traditional clinical psychology interventions. Moreover, Schroder et al (2015) showed that an incremental mindset regarding anxiety predicted the choice, within a hypothetical scenario, of psychotherapy over medication, and Lebowitz et al (2013) showed that cultivating a view of depression as malleable lessened prognostic pessimism. For positive psychology interventions, it would be advantageous to know whether implicit theories of well-being affect people's expectations regarding improvement; their engagement in and adherence to interventions; and, ultimately, their intervention response.…”

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“…In two additional studies with American undergraduate students, an entity theory of emotion predicted less reliance on cognitive reappraisal as an emotion-regulation mechanism (along with reduced self-esteem and life satisfaction; De Castella et al 2013) and greater use of emotional avoidance (Kappes and Schikowski 2013). Schroder et al (2015) showed, among two American college student samples, that those with an entity theory of anxiety (i.e., endorsing such items as, You have a certain amount of anxiety and you really cannot do much to change it) exhibited more symptoms of anxiety and depression and less adaptive emotion regulation compared to those with an incremental theory of anxiety.…”

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Implicit Theories of Well-Being Predict Well-Being and the Endorsement of Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

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2015

J Happiness Stud

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The current studies investigated whether beliefs concerning the malleability or immutability of well-being (i.e., incremental and entity implicit theories of well-being, respectively) are predictive of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being and of the endorsement of activities conducive to well-being. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that, relative to entity theory endorsement, the endorsement of an incremental theory of well-being predicted greater hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Moreover, regression analyses showed that these associations remained when including scores on measures of socially desirable responding, implicit theories of ability, and related variables of striving for personal growth, hope, and character strengths usage. Study 3 showed that greater endorsement of an incremental theory of well-being predicted greater perceived utility of well-being activities. Study 4 showed that an experimentally-induced incremental theory of well-being caused greater endorsement of well-being activities than an experimentallyinduced entity theory of well-being. These findings suggest that amenability toward, and responsiveness to, existing well-being interventions may be fostered by an incremental theory of well-being. Furthermore, they suggest that cultivating an incremental mindset regarding wellbeing may facilitate adaptive functioning and, thereby, serve as a well-being intervention.

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Implicit Theories of Well-Being Predict Well-Being and the Endorsement of Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

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2015

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“…Beliefs about emotion also contribute to strategy choice. Being accepting of feelings (Troy, Shallcross, Davis, & Mauss, 2013), believing that changing emotions is worthwhile (Veilleux, Salomaa, Shaver, Zielinski, & Pollert, 2015), and believing that emotions can be changed (De Castella et al, 2013;Schroder, Dawood, Yalch, Donnellan, & Moser, 2015), are associated with more frequent use of reappraisal, though the directionality of these relationships is not clear (Kneeland, Nolen-Hoeksema, Dovidio, & Gruber, 2016). Believing that emotions narrow an individual's choices is associated with greater use of expressive suppression (Veilleux et al, 2015).…”

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Data versus Spock: lay theories about whether emotion helps or hinders

Karnaze

Levine

2017

Cognition and Emotion

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“…An important intentionality theme is Dr. Roberts's contention that “choice is a key to good mental health” (T. Roberts, personal communication, September 4, 2015). Implicit theories, or “mindsets,” refer to “beliefs about how much people can change their attributes” (Schroder, Dawood, Yalch, Donnellan, & Moser, , p. 120). Entity theories tend to view self‐attributes as fixed and unchanging.…”

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“…Hence, self‐appraisal that reflects an incremental approach suggests a reduction in mental health problems. Through an intentional approach, the finding “that implicit theories are associated with symptom severity raises the distinct possibility that changing implicit theories more toward incremental beliefs may lead to reductions in symptoms” (Schroder et al, , p. 134).…”

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Given What I Know: Seeing the Past as a Portal to an Intentional Future

Clauss‐Ehlers

Parham

2016

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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Dr. Terrence Roberts is our second guest for the Hearing Our Elders series. Dr. Roberts is one of the Little Rock Nine, the first group of African American students to attend Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Interview segments are woven into the article, providing a historical and political context from which to understand the current national climate with regard to social justice and multicultural responsiveness. Dr. Roberts's interview revealed 6 critical themes: resilience, understanding context in the face of the status quo, reimagining language, choice as key to good mental health, use of the self as an intervention tool, and the importance of being historical in one's thinking. Intentionality is identified as a metatheme that asks the question of where one falls on the status quo versus change agent continuum. Keywords: Dr. Terrence Roberts, Hearing Our Elders series, Little Rock NineDr. Terrence Roberts es nuestro segundo invitado en la serie Escuchar a Nuestros Mayores. El Dr. Roberts es uno de los Little Rock Nine, el primer grupo de estudiantes afroamericanos que estudiaron en la escuela Little Rock Central High School en 1957. Se insertan fragmentos de la entrevista en el artículo, lo que proporciona un contexto histórico y político desde el que se puede comprender el clima nacional actual respecto a la justicia social y la sensibilidad multicultural. La entrevista con el Dr. Roberts reveló 6 temas críticos: la resiliencia, comprender el contexto frente al status quo, reimaginar el lenguaje, la capacidad de elección como clave para una buena salud mental, el uso del autoconcepto como herramienta de intervención y la importancia de ser histórico en el pensamiento personal. La intencionalidad se identifica como un metatema que formula la pregunta de dónde se sitúa uno mismo a lo largo del continuo entre status quo y agente de cambio.

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The Role of Implicit Theories in Mental Health Symptoms, Emotion Regulation, and Hypothetical Treatment Choices in College Students

Cited by 144 publications

References 124 publications

Implicit Theories of Well-Being Predict Well-Being and the Endorsement of Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

Implicit Theories of Well-Being Predict Well-Being and the Endorsement of Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

Data versus Spock: lay theories about whether emotion helps or hinders

Given What I Know: Seeing the Past as a Portal to an Intentional Future

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