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- Background and Key Insights
- Introduction to Adolescent’s Stress Mindset
- Research Methodology
- Research Findings
- What Does This Mean for Teaching and Learning?
- Related Links
- Further Readings
- Research Team
- Phase 1 (Quantitative)763 Secondary 2 and 3 studentsPhase 2 (Qualitative)55 students
- Secondary Schools
Secondary school
Principal Investigator
Knowledge Resource Bank
Rethinking Stress: The Influence of Stress Mindset on Wellbeing, Resilience and School Outcomes of Adolescents
Key Insights- Stress management interventions that combine mindset cultivation with coping skills training may enhance resilience, wellbeing, and school performance.
- Implement stress management programmes that cultivate a “stress-is-enhancing” mindset, such as by educating students on the potential benefits of stress.
- Teach adaptive coping skills, including problem-solving and emotional regulation for students’ resilience-building.
- Help students develop balanced perspectives on stress and identify:
- short-term (acute) and potentially beneficial stress vs
- long-term (chronic) and harmful stress.
- Reduce overemphasis on academic grades and shift focus toward learning processes and progress.
- Provide mentorship and guidance for academic and social development.
- Encourage follow-up with students such as counselling to effectively address stressors.
Introduction to Adolescents’ Stress Mindsets
Research Methodology
Research Findings
What Does This Mean for Teaching and Learning?
Related Links
- Rethinking stress: The influence of stress mindset on well-being, resilience, and school outcomes of adolescents in Singapore
- Roots of Resilience: What Helps Adolescents Bounce Back?
- Researcher in the Spotlight: Dr Imelda Caleon, Office of Education Research
- Dr Imelda Caleon invited to speak at the Education University of Hong Kong and S4 Student Well-Being Cluster Interest Group Meeting
Further Readings
For educators interested in the research methodology behind Rethinking Stress: The Influence of Stress Mindset on Wellbeing, Resilience and School Outcomes of Adolescents, you may refer to:
- Stress mindset, coping strategies, and well-being of secondary students in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic
- “It’s not just about grades”: Teachers’ alternative perceptions of students performing at a low level and of these students’ academic success
Research Project
- Rethinking stress: The influence of stress mindset on well-being, resilience, and school outcomes of adolescents in Singapore (Note: Restricted to NIE staff)
Research Team
To learn more about this research, please contact Dr Imelda Santos Caleon at imelda.caleon@nie.edu.sg.
Principal Investigator
- Dr Imelda Santos Caleon, Assistant Dean, Impact & Partnerships, OfR Impact & Partnerships,
& Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education – Science of Learning in Education Centre
Acknowledgement
This study was funded by the Education Research Funding Programme, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (project no. OER 15/19 ISC). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Singapore MOE and NIE.
This knowledge resource was extracted and reconstructed from the published materials from the research team by Mr Ng Chiar Jiun, Ken, with input from Dr Imelda Santos Caleon, Ms Lorraine Ow, and Ms Shee Yi Xuan, Katherine, and presented on 6 March 2026.
