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suggested students growth mindsets likely achieve better mathematics learning results counterparts fixed mindsets however inconsistent even contradictory results reported recent studies examined associations growth mindset mathematics achievements suggesting complexity regarding effects growth mindset academic achievements study aims examine students growth mindsets failure attributions intrinsic motivation mathematics selfefficacy mathematics anxiety mathematics achievements one model capture sophisticated functioning processes growth mindset total number 266 middle school students china participated study students mindset related variables iemotivations learn mathematics attributions failure mathematics mathematics anxiety mathematics selfefficacy measured year 7 first year junior middle school china students mathematics learning outcomes tracked year 7 year 9 end junior middle school structural equation modeling sem used investigate relations among students growth mindsets failure attributions intrinsic motivation mathematics selfefficacy mathematics anxiety mathematics achievements results show 1 growth mindset doesnt directly predict mathematics achievements 2 growth mindset indirectly influences mathematics achievements intrinsic motivation 3 failure attributions mathematics selfefficacy sequentially mediate association growth mindset mathematics achievements 4 failure attributions mathematics anxiety sequentially mediate relationship growth mindset mathematics achievements results study contribute better understanding growth mindsets make impacts middle school students mathematics achievements findings important implications mathematics education could simply cultivate students growth mindset schools expectations higher mathematics learning outcomes instead along growth mindset intervention fundamental make interventions students intrinsic motivation failure attribution mathematics selfefficacy mathematics anxiety mathematics teaching learning