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Overview

Jeni L. Burnette is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and focuses primarily on psychology, with a particular emphasis on social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, sociology and political science, and clinical psychology.

Their research explores a variety of topics within psychology, including:

  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Burnette's recent publications cover themes related to growth mindsets, motivation, and psychological health. Notable papers include:

  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions: For whom, how, and why might such interventions work?" (2022) published in Psychological Bulletin
  • "Growth mindsets and psychological distress: A meta-analysis" (2020) published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "A systematic review of growth mindset intervention implementation strategies" (2022) published in Social and Personality Psychology Compass
  • "Growth Mindset Messaging in Stigma-Relevant Contexts: Harnessing Benefits Without Costs" (2020), with coauthor Crystal L. Hoyt, published in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • "Growth mindsets: defining, assessing, and exploring effects on motivation for entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs" (2021), with coauthor Joseph Billingsley, published in Current Psychology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, such as Crystal L. Hoyt, Joseph Billingsley, Whitney Becker, Sydney Earl, and Laura E. Knouse.

Burnette's work has appeared recurrently in certain publication venues, demonstrating a consistent engagement with these forums. These venues include:

  • Social and Personality Psychology Compass
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Stigma and Health
  • Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Best Publications

  • Mind-Sets Matter: A Meta-Analytic Review of Implicit Theories and Self-Regulation.

    Jeni L. Burnette;Ernest H. O'Boyle;Eric M. VanEpps;Jeffrey M. Pollack

  • Insecure attachment and depressive symptoms: The mediating role of rumination, empathy, and forgiveness

    Jeni L. Burnette;Don E. Davis;Jeffrey D. Green;Everett L. Worthington

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions: For whom, how, and why might such interventions work?

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  • Implicit Theories of Body Weight: Entity Beliefs Can Weigh You Down

    Jeni L. Burnette

  • Forgiveness Results From Integrating Information About Relationship Value and Exploitation Risk

    Jeni L. Burnette;Michael E. McCullough;Daryl R. Van Tongeren;Don E. Davis

  • Gender Bias in Leader Evaluations Merging Implicit Theories and Role Congruity Perspectives

    Crystal L. Hoyt;Jeni L. Burnette

  • Growth mindsets and psychological distress: A meta-analysis.

    Jeni L. Burnette;Laura E. Knouse;Dylan T. Vavra;Ernest O'Boyle

  • A Growth Mindset Intervention: Enhancing Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Career Development:

    Jeni L. Burnette;Jeffrey M. Pollack;Rachel B. Forsyth;Crystal L. Hoyt

  • Attachment and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination

    Jeni L. Burnette;Kelli W. Taylor;Everett L. Worthington;Donelson R. Forsyth

  • Vengefully ever after: destiny beliefs, state attachment anxiety, and forgiveness.

    Eli J. Finkel;Jeni L. Burnette;Lauren E. Scissors

  • I Can Do That The Impact of Implicit Theories on Leadership Role Model Effectiveness

    Crystal L. Hoyt;Jeni L. Burnette;Audrey N. Innella

  • An online growth mindset intervention in a sample of rural adolescent girls.

    Jeni L. Burnette;Michelle V. Russell;Crystal L. Hoyt;Kasey Orvidas

  • Buffering against weight gain following dieting setbacks: An implicit theory intervention

    Jeni L. Burnette;Eli J. Finkel

  • "Obesity is a disease": examining the self-regulatory impact of this public-health message

    Crystal L. Hoyt;Jeni L. Burnette;Lisa Auster-Gussman

  • A meta-analysis of intergroup forgiveness

    Daryl R. Van Tongeren;Jeni L. Burnette;Ernest O’Boyle;Everett L. Worthington

  • Third-Party Forgiveness: (Not) Forgiving Your Close Other's Betrayer

    Jeffrey D. Green;Jeni L. Burnette;Jody L. Davis

  • Individual differences in implicit theories of leadership ability and self-efficacy: Predicting responses to stereotype threat

    Jeni L. Burnette;Jeffrey M. Pollack;Crystal L. Hoyt

  • ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STRUGGLING COLLEGE STUDENTS BY BOLSTERING THEIR SELF-ESTEEM: AN INTERVENTION THAT BACKFIRED

    Dondelson R. Forsyth;Natalie K. Lawrence;Jeni L. Burnette;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Against the odds: academic underdogs benefit from incremental theories

    Jody L. Davis;Jeni L. Burnette;Scott T. Allison;Heather Stone

  • Randomized Trial of a Single-Session Growth Mind-Set Intervention for Rural Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Problems.

    Jessica L. Schleider;Jeni L. Burnette;Laura Widman;Crystal L. Hoyt

  • Collectivistic Self-Construal and Forgiveness.

    Joshua N. Hook;Everett L. Worthington;Shawn O. Utsey;Don E. Davis

  • The obesity stigma asymmetry model: The indirect and divergent effects of blame and changeability beliefs on antifat prejudice.

    Crystal L. Hoyt;Jeni L. Burnette;Lisa Auster-Gussman;Alison Blodorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Crystal L. Hoyt
Crystal L. Hoyt University of Richmond
Don E. Davis
Don E. Davis Georgia State University
Donelson R. Forsyth
Donelson R. Forsyth University of Richmond
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael E. McCullough
Michael E. McCullough University of California, San Diego
Eli J. Finkel
Eli J. Finkel Northwestern University
Joshua N. Hook
Joshua N. Hook University of North Texas
Sarah L. Desmarais
Sarah L. Desmarais North Carolina State University
Jessica L. Schleider
Jessica L. Schleider Northwestern University

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