Table 1.

Factor Loadings and Descriptive Statistics of Addiction Mindset Scale Items from Study 1

Scale items	Factor Loadings	Mean (SD)
A person’s addiction can never fully leave them.	.77	3.74 (1.40)
People can change how addicted they are.	−.74	2.78 (1.26)
Some people will always be addicted, and there’s not much they can do about it.	.76	3.93 (1.40)
You can’t really change how addicted you are.	.74	4.40 (1.26)
Anyone can always overcome an addiction.	−.75	2.94 (1.38)
If they keep trying despite setbacks, people can get over an addiction.	−.77	2.31 (1.03)

Note. All six items load heavily on a single factor, designated as fixed vs. growth mindset of addiction.