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Academic stress, negative affect, and subjective academic performance: the mediating role of academic exhaustion and the moderating role of the growth mindset of intelligence

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-09013-1

Published Online: 2026-01-28

Published Print: 2026-02

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Lai, Kei Kwan https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4788-1531
Ng, Ting Kin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9578-5215
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Lingnan University
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Article History

Received: 3 July 2025

Accepted: 26 December 2025

First Online: 28 January 2026

Declarations

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: This study obtained ethical approval from the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer, Lingnan University (EC025/2122).

: Informed consent was obtained from the participants prior to their participation in the study.

: All procedures performed in our study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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