Contributions of fixed mindsets and hopelessness to anxiety and depressive symptoms: A commonality analysis approach

Fixed mindsets (beliefs that personal traits are unchangeable) show consistent associations with internalizing symptoms. However, the mindset-internalizing symptom link has previously been studied in isolation of other maladaptive cognitions that relate to internalizing symptoms. Thus, the unique contributions of mindsets to internalizing symptoms remains unclear. We used commonality analysis (CA), which yields unique and shared effects of...