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The Influence of Age on the Change in Stress-Mindset: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kebernik, M. (2019) The Influence of Age on the Change in Stress-Mindset: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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| Abstract: | This study examined whether reading about positive aspects of stress can alter a person’s stress-mindset and if age has a moderating effect on this relationship. This study features a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two groups and three timepoints. In total, 88 participants completed the baseline and post-test and 78 participants completed the follow-up. The independent t-test showed a significantly larger shift towards a stress-is-enhancing-mindset in the intervention group compared to the control group at post-test. At follow-up, this difference between the groups disappeared. The moderation analysis showed no significant moderation effect of age on the relationship between condition and shift in stress-mindset, neither for the post-test nor for the follow-up. Stress-mindsets can be changed directly after the intervention, while age does not moderate this change. Future research should be dedicated to investigating how to yield long-term change in stress-mindset and which variables moderate this change. Psychologists should be educated about current findings about stress-mindset to know where research is needed and what can be done so far to influence people’s stress-mindsets positively. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general, 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/78440 |
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