Building adolescents’ resilience: teachers’ support, perceived cooperative and competitive climates, and mindset
Hui Wang, Anqi Peng, Meagan M. Patterson · 2026
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Wang, Peng, and Patterson studied in 2026 what builds resilience in United States adolescents, using data from the international PISA 2018 school survey. Resilience was split into three parts: self-efficacy, perseverance, and a sense of meaning in life. The team weighed school factors, such as teacher support and the felt climate of cooperation or competition, against one personal factor, mindset.
Wang found every factor positively predicted resilience overall. Teacher support and a competitive climate also predicted a stronger growth mindset, the belief that ability can grow. A cooperative climate, by contrast, linked to a weaker mindset score. Mindset carried an indirect effect only for teachers' academic support, not for the other routes. The authors argue schools need a comprehensive push: academic backing, emotional understanding, a balance of cooperation and competition, and mindset support together.
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| CREATOR | Hui Wang, Anqi Peng, Meagan M. Patterson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |