The Effectiveness of Growth Mindset Intervention on Self-Perception and Psychological Empowerment of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

Porzoor, Parviz; Mohebipoor, NazaninZahra; Salmani, Ali; Sharei, Aysan

doi:10.22098/jld.2026.18780.2297

The Effectiveness of Growth Mindset Intervention on Self-Perception and Psychological Empowerment of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Associate Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

² Master of Science in Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran

³ PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

⁴ PhD student of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran

10.22098/jld.2026.18780.2297

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of growth mindset intervention on self-perception and psychological empowerment of students with specific learning disabilities.

Methods: The present research method was a pre-test-post-test semi-experimental with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all female students with specific learning disabilities in the first secondary school in Ardabil in the academic year 2025-2026. For this purpose, 30 female students with learning disabilities were selected according to the inclusion criteria in the study using purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 people) and a control group (15 people). After conducting a pre-test using the Pourhossein (2007) Self-Perception Questionnaire and the Sayadi et al.(2010) Psychological-Academic Empowerment Questionnaire, the experimental group received 8 sessions (2 sessions per week) of 60 minutes of the Dweck et al. (2014) growth mindset training program, while the control group did not receive any intervention program. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS.26 software.

Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the mean self-perception (P<0.05, F=4.90, ηp2=0.159) and psychological empowerment (P<0.001, F=13.18, ηp2=0.336) of the experimental and control group students in the post-test. Thus, after implementing the growth mindset intervention, the mean scores of the variables in the experimental group with learning disabilities significantly increased compared to the control group.

Conclusion: Growth mindset intervention has a positive effect on self-perception and psychological empowerment of students with specific learning disabilities.

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