Jennifer Burnette

About

Jeni L. Burnette is a Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina and completed her Ph.D. in Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research applies basic social psychological theories to understanding fundamental social issues such as reducing rates of depression in youth. She primarily focuses on how to implement growth mindset interventions in ways that foster self-regulation and improve health. Additionally, she helps organizations develop growth mindset cultures.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Social psychology
• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Sociology
• Clinical psychology
• Psychotherapist
• Public relations
• Developmental psychology
• Medicine

Selected publications

• A systematic review and meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions: For whom, how, and why might such interventions work?

  Psychological Bulletin · 2022 · 305 citations

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  = 0.36, 95% CI [.03, .68], 95% PI [-.50, 1.22]. We conclude with a discussion of heterogeneity and the limitations of meta-analyses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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• Growth mindsets and psychological distress: A meta-analysis

  Clinical Psychology Review · 2020 · 250 citations

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• A systematic review of growth mindset intervention implementation strategies

  Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 2022-12-27 · 45 citations

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  Abstract Growth mindset interventions, which seek to teach the belief that attributes can change, are increasing in popularity and being leveraged to improve health. As these interventions expand in scope, there is a critical need for a systematic review of existing implementation practices to help move the field towards more robust, impactful, and replicable science. To meet this need, we took a three‐fold approach. First, we created a framework for the implementation of mindset interventions (…

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• Growth Mindset Messaging in Stigma-Relevant Contexts: Harnessing Benefits Without Costs

  Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2020 · 38 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Growth mindsets are increasingly used to promote learning, development, and health. The increased popularity resulted in scrutiny and disputes about utility. The current work reviews a perspective critical to the debate. Namely, we focus on emerging research that examines both the favorable and potentially adverse consequences of growth mindset messaging in stigma-relevant contexts. This double-edged sword model merges the mindset perspective with attribution theory and the psychological essenti…

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• The implications of mindsets of poverty for stigma against those in poverty

  Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 2022-11-30 · 13 citations

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  Abstract Belief systems, which can feed, or diminish, stigma are important predictors of poverty reduction efforts. In the current work, we focused on mindsets, which are beliefs about the changeability (growth mindsets) or the stability (fixed mindsets) of the level of poverty in society. We conducted six studies, two preregistered, using both cross‐sectional ( N = 763) and experimental methods ( N = 1361). First, we found support for our prediction that mindsets of poverty can serve to justify…

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Frequent coauthors

• Crystal L. Hoyt

  44 shared

• Joseph Billingsley

  Marshall University

  17 shared

• Jeffrey M. Pollack

  North Carolina State University

  13 shared

• Donelson R. Forsyth

  University of Richmond

  12 shared

• Michael E. McCullough

  11 shared

• Whitney Becker

  North Carolina State University

  9 shared

• Alexandra D. Babij

  9 shared

• Everett L. Worthington

  8 shared

Labs

• Department of Psychology, North Carolina State UniversityPI

Education

• Ph.D., Communication Studies

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2002

• M.A., Communication Studies

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1998

• B.A., Communication Studies

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1996

Similar researchers at North Carolina State University

• Mark Wilsonh-63
• Thomas Hessh-47
• Amy Halberstadth-37