Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Teachers’ Growth Mindset, Perceived School Climate, and Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Moderate the Relationship Between Students’ Growth Mindset and Academic Achievement
Originally published 2025-01-10 · Journal of Intelligence
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/jintelligence13010008 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Does my encouragement of choice feel consistent with the messages my child receives at school?
This article examines how parental support for autonomy fits alongside teachers’ beliefs and school climate. The family question centres on who owns a decision and how a young person experiences adult support.
Who was studied?
Shanghai public middle-school students reporting their experiences of home and school support.
Age / stage: Middle school
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how parental support for autonomy fits alongside teachers’ beliefs and school climate?
- Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is shanghai public middle-school students reporting their experiences of home and school support.
Keep the limits in view
The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.
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Kai Zhang; Wu-Jing He (2025). Teachers’ Growth Mindset, Perceived School Climate, and Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Moderate the Relationship Between Students’ Growth Mindset and Academic Achievement Journal of Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13010008
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