Academic causal explanation based on the implicit beliefs of intelligence:The mediating role of determination

The current research is of the type of applied purpose and in terms of method, correlation is based on structural equations. The sample was 566 people who were selected using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research tools include the determination questionnaire (Duckworth and Kunin, 2009), the intelligence implicit beliefs questionnaire (Abdelfattah and Yates, 2006) and the academic engagement questionnaire (Tinio , 2009). The collected data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling method and AMOS software. The results of the data analysis showed that the research model based on the experimental data has a good fit. The growth mindset had a direct and positive effect on the dimensions of academic engagement (cognitive, behavioral, emotional). The results related to the indirect relationships showed that the growth mindset through persistence of effort had a significant indirect effect on all dimensions of academic engagement (cognitive, behavioral and emotional), on the other hand, the growth mindset through the stability of interest had a significant indirect effect only on the dimension emotional was academic engagement and the indirect effect of growth mindset through the stabilityof interest on the cognitive and behavioral aspects of academic engagement was not significant.As a result, the persistence of effort dimension of determination mediated the relationship between growth mindset and all dimensions of academic engagement (cognitive, behavioral, and emotional), while the stability of interest dimension of determination only mediated the relationship between growth mindset and the emotional dimension of academic engagement.