Effect of Emotion Mindsets on Emotion Processing
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Conditions studied: Emotions
In brief
The guiding scientific premise for this research is that a growth emotion mindset will promote more adaptive emotion processing than a fixed emotion mindset. Because emotional sensitivity is particularly salient in adolescent girls, we will focus on this group. Using an experimental design, adolescent girls will be randomly assigned to either a mindset manipulation or a control group (brain education). Each group will complete a 25-minute computer-based lesson followed by a social stressor and a functional magnetic resonance imaging session. Two specific aims will be addressed: (1) to determine whether a growth mindset induction, relative to a control condition, predicts more adaptive emotion processing at the neural, behavioral, and psychological levels of processing; and (2) to determine whether neural processing of emotion accounts for the effect of a growth emotion mindset manipulation on behavioral and psychological processing of emotion. This study builds on a strong empirical database establishing the effect of mindsets on multiple domains of functioning but will be the first to examine the implications of a growth vs. fixed mindset about emotion for emotion processing in adolescent girls, thereby elucidating one specific youth attribute that can support or disrupt emotional development.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03978871
- Run by
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- People needed
- 163
- Starts
- 2018-08-27
- Expected to finish
- 2022-10-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-19
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 18. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female age 13-18 years old
- Over-sample (approximately 1/3 of sample) for score >= .75 standard deviation (SD) on a screening measure of fixed mindset about emotion
- English-speaking
- Ability to independently complete tasks and measures
You may not qualify if…
- History of surgery involving metal implants
- Possible metal fragments in the eyes or other parts of body
- Pacemaker
- A history of claustrophobia
- Braces
- Weighing over 250 pounds
- Pregnancy or possibility of being pregnant
- Severe medical conditions (e.g., blind or deaf, head trauma)
- Learning disability or other condition that interferes with ability to complete tasks
Where it is running
- University of Illinois — Champaign, Illinois, United States
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