Data · dataset · 2023
Enhancing mental wellbeing by changing mindsets? Results from two randomized controlled trials
Listed in DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities and ODISSEI Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.17026/ss/dfexwo
Improving mental wellbeing is often targeted with behavioral interventions, while mindset interventions might be more appealing as they require less time and effort.
Description
In addition to recent experimental studies demonstrating that attributional beliefs can be changed to improve emotional wellbeing and performance, the current study examines whether a positive change in people’s beliefs about stress and life philosophy enhances emotional, social and psychological wellbeing using brief educational interventions.
Two parallel double-blind randomized controlled trials were conducted. Study 1 (N=106; 62.3% female, mean age 36.0) compared an educational video about the benefits of a stress-is-enhancing mindset versus an active control video. In Study 2 (N=136; 57.4% female, mean age 35.7), educational texts about the benefits of a stress-is-enhancing mindset and holding a life-is-long-and-easy mindset were compared to an active control text.
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Results of multilevel growth curve modeling showed that a stress mindset could be significantly changed using an educational video or text, while the change in the philosophies of life mindset did not significantly differ between conditions. Furthermore, none of the manipulations were able to sustain the positive change in mindset which might explain why there was no significant increase in mental wellbeing compared to control.
To have a lasting effect on people’s mental wellbeing, a change in mindset might need to be embodied in everyday life. Future research should investigate simple versus intensive interventions with longer follow-up time to examine whether and how a mindset can be sustainably changed to promote flourishing mental health in the general population.
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- Dataverse dataset page ssh.datastations.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.17026%2FSS%2FDFEXWO ↗
landing page · from ssh datastations nl
- Dataverse dataset page portal.odissei.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.17026%2FSS%2FDFEXWO ↗
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- DOI doi.org/10.17026/ss/dfexwo ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Social Sciences · Social Sciences
- From keywords
- Humanities · Social Science · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Specialist studies in education 69% · Text 75% · Video 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 14 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities | doi:10.17026/SS/DFEXWO | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| ODISSEI Portal | doi:10.17026/SS/DFEXWO | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3904 | enrichment · ssh datastations nl | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:social-sciences | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:social-sciences | source · portal odissei nl | connector:portal_odissei_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · portal odissei nl | connector:portal_odissei_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:text | enrichment · ssh datastations nl | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:video | enrichment · ssh datastations nl | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 |