Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students

Guo, Yungui; Luo, Shiyu; Tan, Yu

doi:10.1080/14330237.2023.2175970

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“…Given the current challenge to promote effort culture through education (Cecchini et al, 2013), and taking into account that the high valuation of it among peers positively affects academic effort and achievement (Hamm et al, 2014), the potential social impact of showing this kind of videos and other cultural creation that require effort and time is evident. In addition, the values of perseverance and effort in education are associated with a higher purpose in life and academic performance (Guo et al, 2023).…”

Section: Beauty and Ugliness In Music: Where Does Predatory Capital G...mentioning

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Defying Predatory Capital: Embracing Beauty, Resisting Ugliness, and Striving for Freedom

Torras-Gómez,

López de Aguileta,

Puigvert

et al. 2024

RISE

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Research has explored the role of capitalist markets in the configuration of society and as social determinants. However, some niche markets have been taken by a form of capital, conceptualized as “predatory”, that has sought maximum benefit without caring for the social consequences of their activity on beauty, ugliness, freedom, and the overcoming of gender violence. This study addresses this gap by examining how “predatory capital” exploits various aspects of human life, including relationships, art, and music, by promoting ugliness over beauty. Through historical examples such as the tobacco industry's manipulation of women's liberation to promote smoking, this article reveals the detrimental tactics employed by predatory capital. It explores how the nightlife industry coerces youth into harmful behaviors through coercive dominant discourse, perpetuating toxic relationship dynamics and limiting individual freedom. Additionally, the study presents how the music industry reinforces harmful stereotypes and behaviors. Finally, it exposes how pseudo-theories, like those promoted by Foucault, are utilized to justify and perpetuate sexual violence, hindering progress towards freedom, gender equality, and social justice. This interdisciplinary analysis sheds light on the negative impact of predatory capital on human relationships, culture, and society, emphasizing the importance of critical awareness and resistance against its exploitative practices.

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Section: Beauty and Ugliness In Music: Where Does Predatory Capital G...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Defying Predatory Capital: Embracing Beauty, Resisting Ugliness, and Striving for Freedom

Torras-Gómez,

López de Aguileta,

Puigvert

et al. 2024

RISE

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“…During this period, meaning in life can serve as an important mental resource that keeps students continuously reaching for the achievement of identity ( Olstad et al, 2023 ). Indeed, the loss of meaning in life may result in failures in completing developmental tasks, which could manifest as adaptation problems, increased mental problems including depression, anxiety and social media addiction, as well as worsened academic performance, greatly hindering the self-fulfillment and overall well-being of college students ( Cho, 2021 ; Ye et al, 2021 ; Baquero-Tomás et al, 2023 ; Guo Y. G. et al, 2023 ; Zhao, 2023 ). Alarmingly, it has raised much attention that the loss of meaning in life, or the so-called “hollow-heart disease” is becoming increasingly prevalent among Chinese college students ( Huang et al, 2022 ).…”

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Strengthening the meaning in life among college students: the role of self-acceptance and social support - evidence from a network analysis

Wu,

Liu,

Liu

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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Meaning in life, which has two possible sources: self-acceptance and social support, is essential to the mental health and development of college students. The current study aims to further clarify the symptom-level relations between meaning in life, self-acceptance, and social support, finding possible ways to improve meaning in the life of college students. Thousand three hundred and forty-eight Chinese college students completed the online questionnaire, including Self-acceptance Questionnaire, Social Support Rating Scale, and Meaning in Life Questionnaire and the data from 1,263 participants was used. Cross-sectional network analysis was used to examine the relation between self-acceptance and social support. We also explored the relation between dimensions of self-acceptance and social support and meaning in life using the flow network. The results show symptom “SlA” (self-acceptance) is the bridge symptom linking self-acceptance and social support. In the flow diagrams, “SlA” is directly and positively associated with the presence of meaning. Objective Support shares the strongest positive association with the search for meaning. The symptom “SIA” may be an important targeting symptom when trying to improve the meaning in life of college students. Additionally, social support is essential for college students to develop meaning in life.

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Error management culture and college students’ self-development: The serial mediating roles of grit and learning from failure

Zhou,

Zhang

2024

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

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Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students

Cited by 3 publications

References 36 publications

Defying Predatory Capital: Embracing Beauty, Resisting Ugliness, and Striving for Freedom

Defying Predatory Capital: Embracing Beauty, Resisting Ugliness, and Striving for Freedom

Strengthening the meaning in life among college students: the role of self-acceptance and social support - evidence from a network analysis

Error management culture and college students’ self-development: The serial mediating roles of grit and learning from failure

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