Refining Grit in Academic Performance: The Mediational Role of Psychological Capital
By K. Luthans, B. Luthans, T. Chaffin. Journal of Management Education, 2018
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Recent popular and academic attention is being given to the role that grit plays in important student outcomes. While gritty individuals are more likely to engage in deliberate practice and maintain commitment in the face of setbacks, what remains unclear are the cognitive processes linking grit and academic performance. Identifying the cognitive processes can play an important role in helping both students and educators apply grit in productive ways. The purpose of this study is to explore the mediational role that psychological capital (PsyCap) may play in the relationship between grit and student academic performance. Drawing from a sample (N = 176) of business students, the results indicate their PsyCap largely mediates the relationship between their grit and grade point averages. In other words, Academic PsyCap consisting of the psychological resources of hope, efficacy, resiliency, and optimism seem to help drive gritty students toward more successful academic performance. A discussion concerning the significance of these findings, as well as implications for management education, are provided.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
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- A CLOSER LOOK AT GRIT AND LANGUAGE MINDSET AS PREDICTORS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT (2020, methodology): “Considering themeasurement of grit, some studies used an overall grit score (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009; Luthans et al., 2018; Park et al., 2018), while other studies examined the two components separately (Steinmayr et al., 2018; Wolters & Hussain, 2015).”