Positive and negative affect, and grit as predictors of happiness and life satisfaction.

By Kamlesh Singh, Shalini Jha. 2008

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Persevering with Positivity and Purpose: An Examination of Purpose Commitment and Positive Affect as Predictors of Grit (2016, unknown): “Similarly, research has only begun to examine the link between positive affect and grit, with only one investigation thus far to our knowledge (Singh and Jha 2008), which itself only was cross-sectional in nature.”
The challenge of defining wellbeing (2012, unknown): “This was more recently supported by Lee and Ogozoglu (2007) and Singh and Duggal Jha (2008).”
The impact of non-cognitive skills on outcomes for young people. A literature review. (2013, background): “Additional studies have found positive correlations between grit and positive affect, happiness, and life satisfaction (Singh & Jha, 2008), the use of learning strategies (Duckworth, Kirby, Tsukayama, Berstein, & Ericsson, 2011), and exercise behaviour (Reed, Pritschet, & Cutton, 2012).”
Grit and Determination: A Review of Literature With Implications for Theory and Research (2016, background): “It is equally important to observe that grit was negatively correlated with work burnout (Salles, Cohen, & Mueller, 2014) and negative emotions such as suicidal ideation (Kleiman et al., 2013; Singh & Jha, 2008).”
Grit and Different Aspects of Well-Being: Direct and Indirect Relationships via Sense of Coherence and Authenticity (2016, background): “Grit has been found to be related to satisfaction with life (SWL) and positive affect, which are subcomponents of SWB (Singh and Jha 2008).”
What Role Does Grit Play in the Academic Success of Black Male Collegians at Predominantly White Institutions? (2014, background): “Whereas previous scholars have shown that grit predicts happiness and life satisfaction (Singh and Jha 2008), retention at West Point (Duckworth and Quinn 2009), and self-efficacy for elementary- and middle school students (Rojas et al. 2012), this study provides compelling evidence that grit also…”