Grit and Academic Resilience During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Chen, Daniel L.; Ertaç, Seda; Evgeniou, Theodoros; Miao, Xin; Nadaf, Ali; Yilmaz, Emrah Sıtkı

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4001431

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“…This then leads to basic hope being negative predictor on the consistency of interest. Hoping that things will work out without any effort, plan or positive emotion leads to decreased grit, and therefore, it is reasonable to argue that poorer grades or greater attrition among students may ensue (Chen et al., 2022 ).…”

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The mechanisms of student grit at the height of a major crisis: Identifying key predictors when times get really tough

Terry,

Peck,

Biangone

2023

Nursing Open

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AimThe study aims to provide insights into the key predictors of grit both before, during and throughout a common crisis event, where other more individualised challenges may not provide these insights.DesignA repeated cross‐sectional design.MethodsData were collected via an anonymous questionnaire among n = 818 (20.8% response rate) nursing students who were undertaking a three‐year baccalaureate degree. Data collection occurred in the mid‐year break of 2019, 2020 and 2021. The online questionnaire, which examined student demographics, personality, locus of control‐4, general self‐efficacy, psychological capital and grit, took 15–25 min to complete. Data were prepared and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences to undertake Structural Equation Modelling. Reporting methods adhered to the STROBE guidelines.ResultsThe pathway models of grit prior to, at the time of, and after the global pandemic varied slightly as to their predictor variables, however, neuroticism was consistently present. Locus of control and psychological capital also varied over this period with hope having a positive impact, prior to and after the initial crisis, however, negatively impacted grit afterwards. Understanding the key drivers of grit, particularly those essential at or around the time of a crisis guides our understanding of how to better support nursing or healthcare students. These insights enable a greater focus of energies towards malleable attributes that can increase grit levels and better fortify nursing students for challenges they may encounter in practice. These insights also serve to further prepare healthcare, emergency, or other professionals who may encounter regular crises. Within months of a global pandemic occurring, the key predictors of grit were shown to fundamentally alter. Each pathway model varied slightly suggesting the timing of a crisis impacts students' capacity to manage new or novel situations, with hope as a key driver of grit throughout a crisis.

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“…It was this shared and collective crisis that tested the grit of individuals, the wider communities, and particularly those who were undertaking primary, secondary or tertiary education. However, grit was shown to potentially protect individuals academically and personally at the time (Chen et al., 2022 ).…”

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The mechanisms of student grit at the height of a major crisis: Identifying key predictors when times get really tough

Terry,

Peck,

Biangone

2023

Nursing Open

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“…Consequently, grit has garnered substantial attention and demonstrated close correlations with both positive and negative outcomes. For example, it has been positively associated with variables such as grade point average (GPA; Cross, 2014; Duckworth et al, 2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009; Montas et al, 2021), teacher retention rate (Duckworth et al, 2007; Robertson-Kraft & Duckworth, 2014), completion of courses and graduation rates in certain schools in the United States (Eskreis-Winkler et al, 2014), as well as in Arab students during the COVID-19 pandemic (Chen et al, 2022). Grit has also been linked to increased life achievements outside of academic performance, including improved health and increased wealth, as evidenced by a global study involving 494 participants aged 18–70 (Abuhassàn & Bates, 2015).…”

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The Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of the Academic Grit Scale (AGS) in Chinese Adolescents

Bei,

Liu,

Zheng

et al. 2024

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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The academic grit scale (AGS) is a new measure developed to assess the level of adolescents’ grit in an academic-specific context. The main purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties, factor structure, and measurement invariance of the AGS among Chinese adolescents. A cross-sectional design and convenient sampling were conducted in a sample of Chinese adolescents ( N = 619, 50.6% female, Mage = 14.56 years, SD = 1.47 years) using the AGS. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the original unidimensional model of the AGS, and multiple-group CFA further verified the AGS scores had strong measurement invariance across gender (i.e., boys and girls) and grade level (i.e., middle school students and high school students). Moreover, the AGS also showed satisfactory internal consistency (using Cronbach’s α, McDonald’s ω, and mean inter-item correlation) and criterion validity, supported by expected relationships with scores on external variables (i.e., general grit, anxiety, and depression). In conclusion, these findings suggest that the AGS has satisfactory psychometric properties and can be a reliable tool to measure the academic grit level of Chinese adolescents.

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“…A systematic review by Fernández-Martín et al (2020) revealed that grit serves as a predictor of educational, professional, personal success. In the educational setting, teaching grit can help students stay persistent and develop academic resilience in the face of adversity, self-regulate learning and achieve long-term challenging tasks and also prevents the depressive symptoms stimulated by positive and negative perfectionism ( Hochanadel and Finamore, 2015 ; Ray and Brown, 2015 ; Bogin, 2017 ; Karlen et al, 2019 ; Xu et al, 2019 ; Tyumeneva et al, 2021 ; Yu et al, 2021a ; Zhang et al, 2021 ; Chen et al, 2022 ). The pursuit of goals by being gritty is also linked with reduced chronic stress and lesser academic problems ( Kalia, 2021 ) and associated with self-control but in a distinct form ( Duckworth and Gross, 2014 ).…”

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“…One of the pioneering researchers in this area, Dweck (2019) coined the term “growth mindset” referring to the ability to develop the belief that intellectual abilities can be learnt and fostered over time which is different from a “fixed mindset” wherein people believe that abilities cannot be learnt and are fixed. The application of the growth mindset has especially provided assistance to academic enhancement and improvement in student learning outcomes ( Hochanadel and Finamore, 2015 ; Claro et al, 2016 ; Yeager et al, 2016 ; McCabe et al, 2020 ; Chen et al, 2022 ). The triarchic model of grit conceptualised by Datu et al (2017) brought forth a newer framework for assessing grit, with the additional dimension of adaptability to situations to the existing two factor theory of grit ( Duckworth et al, 2007 ) consisting of perseverance of efforts and consistency in interests.…”

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Antecedents and Consequences of Grit Among Working Adults: A Transpersonal Psychology Perspective

2022

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Positive psychology has paved the way for newer and more informed ideas of living a meaningful, integrated and well-rounded quality of living. The current era of the pandemic has also moulded the ways in which individuals perceive their quality of life and how they want to integrate a holistic approach towards their well-being. The workplace settings have seen tremendous changes in terms of how employers, employees and the organisations at large function and operate. The pre-pandemic concept of success has shifted its focus from hard work to developing grit among employees to increase the overall efficiency of the organisations. Grit has revolutionised the conventional standards of success, meaning in life and has impacted personal as well as occupational welfare. This integration of positive psychology and transpersonal psychology has catalysed the purpose for the current study. To help organisations and individuals thrive in their professional endeavours at the workplace and to provide them with relevant psychological tools to enhance their occupational growth, the present study has been conducted empirically to investigate the antecedents and consequences of grit among 209 working professionals in India. The results of this study indicate that the transpersonal capital of metacognition, flow, optimism and empathy have a significant role to play in developing grit among the participants. The findings have implications for enhancing job satisfaction and job performance of participants. The current research also provides a framework to organisations towards designing interventions for improving efficiency at the workplace.

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Grit and Academic Resilience During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

The mechanisms of student grit at the height of a major crisis: Identifying key predictors when times get really tough

The mechanisms of student grit at the height of a major crisis: Identifying key predictors when times get really tough

The Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of the Academic Grit Scale (AGS) in Chinese Adolescents

Antecedents and Consequences of Grit Among Working Adults: A Transpersonal Psychology Perspective

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