Growth mindset and grit as psychological resources in later life: Age, socioeconomic, and health patterning in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Growth Mindset and Grit appear to function as multidimensional and socially patterned psychological resources in later life. Belief-, personality-, and affect-based components capture meaningful variation even when formal learning declines, underscoring the importance of distinguishing opportunity-constrained indicators from dispositional domains in ageing research.
Authors
- Paola Zaninotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3036-0499)
- Andrew Steptoe
- Bran Knowles
- Alice Ashcroft Alice Ashcroft
- Jasmine Fledderjohann
Institutions
- Digital Science (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Lancaster University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.27.26347198
- Primary Topic
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council