Book Description

The world's first comprehensive handbook of mindset research. This handbook was created to help the field of mindset see and know itself from multiple perspectives, and to help readers gain a sense of the collective wisdom that exists across the mindset field as a whole. It includes a series of research papers that review the history of mindset, and that review mindsets many different definitions, theories, typologies, and education opportunities. It also includes papers that critically examine the existence of dominant paradigms, and explore if the mindset field is ready to embrace a “mindset shift” and a “paradigm shift” in the way mindset is understood and approached. This series of papers include: 1. A “field map” of the field of mindset 2. A short history of mindset 3. What is a mindset? 100 definitions from the field 4. A systematic review of mindset theory 5. Mindset types: A systematic review and meta-analysis 6. Mindset education: A review of existing learning opportunities 7. Dominant paradigms in the field of mindset 8. Is it time for a “mindset shift” and a “paradigm shift” in the way we understand and approach mindset? This handbook is for anyone with an interest in the role mindset plays in their lives and the world. This includes researchers, practitioners, psychologists, teachers, parents, coaches, facilitators, designers, trainers, therapists, academics, activists, influencers, change makers, systems change practitioners, and more. You are invited to deepen your understanding of mindset from multiple perspectives, and consider how you can be the change and be the transformation as an engaged participant in the mindset field.