Abstract

As growth mindset intervention research continues to develop, more work is needed to understand how to most effectively implement these interventions to encourage healthy cognitions and behaviors. The present study details the initial testing of a single-session, online mindset intervention (Healthy Body, Healthy Mind) for obese children and adolescents enrolled in obesity treatment clinics. Using a pre to post-test design, results indicated that growth mindsets of health and cognitions related to health behavior (nutrition and exercise self-efficacy and perceived control) increased significantly. However, despite efforts to mitigate feelings of culpability, blame also increased from pretest to post-test. Yet, body dissatisfaction decreased significantly. Intrinsic value for health behaviors remained unchanged from pretest to post-test. Analysis of narratives suggests that youth were engaged with the intervention content. Additionally, when youth’s narratives incorporated themes related to the changeable nature of the attribute, they also self-reported stronger growth mindsets. In the discussion, we note implications of findings for the development of large-scale health-based growth mindset interventions that are developmentally-appropriate for children and adolescents.

摘要

随着成长思维干预研究的不断发展，需要做更多的工作来了解如何最有效地实施这些干预措施，以鼓励健康的认知和行为。本研究详细介绍了单阶段在线心态干预措施（健康的身体，健康的心灵）的初步测试）适合肥胖儿童和青少年的肥胖治疗诊所。使用测试前到测试后的设计，结果表明健康的增长心态和与健康行为（营养和锻炼的自我效能以及知觉控制）有关的认知显着增加。然而，尽管人们为减轻罪魁祸首做出了努力，但从预测试到后测试的责任也越来越大。但是，身体不满情绪明显下降。从测试前到测试后，健康行为的内在价值保持不变。叙述分析表明，年轻人参与了干预内容。此外，当青年的叙事包含与属性多变的性质相关的主题时，他们还自我报告了较强的成长心态。在讨论中，