Carol S. Dweck

Stanford Medicine — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

127h-index92.3kcitations400works19.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Education, Achievement, and Giftedness(85), Social and Intergroup Psychology(58), Early Childhood Education and Development(52), Cultural Differences and Values(48), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(34)

Publications400 total

A Scalable, Theory-Based Intervention to Influence Teachers’ Student Engagement Practices Improves Academic Performance in a State-Wide Sample
2025Open Access
Illness mindsets in health and disease: development and validation of the Illness Mindset Inventory (IMI)
Journal of Behavioral Medicine·2025Open Access
A strategic mindset enhances children’s generation of effective strategies and delay of gratification across tasks.
Developmental Psychology·2025· 2 cited
The structure and motivational significance of early beliefs about ability.
Developmental Psychology·2025· 9 cited
Children’s ability concepts: Their development, content, and consequences
Advances in child development and behavior·2025· 2 cited
Trust Mindsets - An Awareness of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Builds Trust
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Index of Names
2024Open Access
Personal perspectives on mindsets, motivation, and psychology.
Motivation Science·2024· 12 cited
Motivation and Achievement
2024· 149 cited
Using large language models in psychology
Nature Reviews Psychology·2023· 279 cited
Shifting the mindset culture to address global educational disparities
npj Science of Learning·2023· 25 citedOpen Access
Changing cancer mindsets: A randomized controlled feasibility and efficacy trial
Psycho-Oncology·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
A growth-theory-of-interest intervention increases interest in math and science coursework among liberal arts undergraduates.
Journal of Educational Psychology·2023· 16 cited
Mindsets and adolescent mental health
Nature Mental Health·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
What Is Motivation, Where Does It Come from, and How Does It Work?
Motivation Science·2023· 7 cited
The Next Decade
Motivation Science·2023· 1 cited
How Do We Motivate People? Connecting to People’s Existing Goals and Values
Motivation Science·2023
Efficiently exploring the causal role of contextual moderators in behavioral science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 52 citedOpen Access
Implicit theories of opportunity: When opportunity fails to knock, keep waiting, or start cultivating?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
An Organizing Framework for Teaching Practices that Can “Expand” the Self and Address Social Identity Concerns
Educational Psychology Review·2022· 16 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

David S. Yeager(10), Chi‐yue Chiu(5), Gregory M. Walton(5), Ying‐yi Hong(4), David Paunesku(4), Carissa Romero(4), Catherine Good(3), Ellen L. Leggett(2), Andrew J. Elliot(2), Kali H. Trzesniewski(2), Elaine Elliott(2), Barbara Schneider(2), Cintia Hinojosa(2), Kate Flint(2), Alice Roberts(2), Jill Trott(2), Angela Duckworth(2), Carol Diener(2), Aneeta Rattan(2), Lisa Blackwell(1)