Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2016/Grit

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Hi, I think it could be interesting to discuss grit in relation to success. There is an interesting ted talk on the topic as good starting point HERE if you're interested. There seems to be a lot of research articles on it as well here are a few I found in the UC database. Cross, T. M. (2014). The gritty: Grit and non-traditional doctoral student success. Journal of Educators Online, 11(3) Duckworth, A., & Gross, J. J. (2014). Self-control and grit: Related but separable determinants of success. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(5), 319-325. doi:10.1177/0963721414541462

Good luck with the chapter! --U3117592 (discuss • contribs) 03:22, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input. You're right about there being a lot of articles - drowning in them at the minute, but slowly finding the path I want to take.  Trying not to overcomplicate the page by going off-topic. Appreciate you checking in.--U944295 (discuss • contribs) 00:21, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Grit
HI, your chapter topic looks really interesting. I would start by defining what grit is and how its similar or related to psychological resilience, mental toughness etc. It seems to be a personality trait too.Click Hereto watch a short video on youtube about grit. Good luck and look forward to seeing the end product. --CassP22 (discuss • contribs) 00:59, 19 October 2016 (UTC) CassP22 19/10/16


 * Thank you - that is the plan. I was starting to define Grit as an independent quality but am coming to realise that it is related to, and often interchangeable with, other factors - so it's a little harder to isolate than I first thought.  Have a few ideas on paper and will add them in over the weekend.  Would appreciate your thoughts once more content is up there?! --U944295 (discuss • contribs) 00:18, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Article suggestion
Hey there, I just watched a really interesting Ted talk on Grit which seems to already have been linked for you, but great topic choice ! Here are some articles that you might fine helpful. Happy to review your chapter once you have some content up! Good luck! Duckworth, A. L., Peterson, C., Matthews, M. D., & Kelly, D. R. (2007). Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of personality and social psychology, 92(6), 1087.

Rimfeld, K., Kovas, Y., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2016). True Grit and Genetics: Predicting Academic Achievement From Personality.

Weisskirch, R. S. (2016). Grit, Self-Esteem, Learning Strategies and Attitudes and Estimated and Achieved Course Grades among College Students. Current Psychology, 1-7.--U3119842 (discuss • contribs) 04:19, 24 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input! I have a lot of the 'Duckworth & Co.' references but am trying to balance these out with other perspectives and findings.  These refs you've suggested will help a lot :)  Have some content going offline, just trying to get my thoughts in order.  Hoping to put more up over weekend.  --U944295 (discuss • contribs) 00:14, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Referencing
Hi Louise, your chapter is coming along really nicely. I suggest you drop in your complete reference list (all references cited so far) so I can proofread/format them for you. I added the missing issue numbers and DOIs (as links) to your existing list. Also, the paragraph under "Benefits of 'Grit'" that opens like this:

Duckworth et al. (2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009) found Grit to be related to both academic achievement and career stability in adults.

Looks like messy referencing. It's fine for a single reference, but not for multiples, I'd suggest doing something like:

Researchers have found Grit to be related to both academic achievement and career stability in adults (Duckworth et al., 2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009).

I see you've run into the same problem I had with closed-access SAGE publications. I'd suggest using alternate publications and limiting "cited in" references where possible. I still ended up having to use one "cited in" reference, but thankfully was able to liberate myself of the others. I ended up using a SAGE handbook to replace much of the SAGE "as cited in" references in my chapter. Plus the handbook was really helpful as extra reading.

I also added some Wikipedia links, they are easy to add yourself if you view the code I've added you'll see how it's done.

Keep up the good work.

Daniel J Baxter (discuss • contribs) 03:02, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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