Fischer, EthanFox, CosetteYoon, K. Lira2024-08-202024-08-202023-06-26Fischer, Ethan R., Cosette Fox, and K. Lira Yoon. “Growth Mindset and Responses to Acute Stress.” Cognition and Emotion 37, no. 6 (August 18, 2023): 1153–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2226856.https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2226856http://hdl.handle.net/11603/35737Individuals with high levels of growth mindsets believe that attributes are malleable. Although links between acute stress responses and growth mindsets of thought, emotion, and behaviour are central to the conceptualisation of psychological disorders and their treatment, such links have yet to be examined. Undergraduate participants (N = 135) completed a modified Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), and their salivary cortisol and anxiety were assessed throughout the session. Hierarchical linear models revealed that higher growth mindset of behaviour was associated with lower cortisol levels at 25-min after the TSST onset (i.e. peak cortisol stress reactivity) in men, but not in women. Considering one’s gender may be critical in understanding the relationship between growth mindset and stress responses.22 pagesen-USThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Emotion on 2023-06-26, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02699931.2023.2226856UMBC Affect, Cognition, & Emotional Disorders Lab (ACED Lab)acute stress anxiety cortisol Mindset Trier Social Stress TestText