Grit
Overview
- Influence: Grit
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Perseverance and confidence
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
- Influence Definition: Grit involves passion and perseverance for long-term goals. It overlaps with conscientiousness and perseverance.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 267
- Number of students: 298,472
- Number of effects: 237
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.37
- Robustness index: 4
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Crede, Tynan, & Harms | Much Ado About Grit: A Meta-Analytic Synthesis of the Grit Literature | 2017 | Grit | 88 | 13,141 | 39 | 0.37 | |
| Pedagogical Research | Suh | A meta-analysis of the relationship between grit and related variables. | 2019 | Grit | 42 | NA | 42 | 0.32 | |
| Journal of Educational Psychology | Lam & Zhou | Grit and academic achievement: A comparative cross-cultural meta-analysis | 2021 | Grit | 137 | 285,331 | 156 | 0.39 | |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 267 | 298,472 | 237 | 0.36 | |||||