ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
True Grit in Learning Math: The Math Anxiety-Achievement Link Is Mediated by Math-Specific Grit.
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- Developing and validating a Domain-specific Grit Scale for College Athletic Students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Academic Procrastination in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Self-regulatory employability attributes and competency: the strengthening role of grit.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Multiple Roles of Grit in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Stress and Psychological Security of College Freshmen.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- University freshmen's excessive smartphone use and psychological safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Grit Among Working Adults: A Transpersonal Psychology Perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
In this study, we tested a possible mechanism of the association between math anxiety and math achievement: the mediating role of math-specific grit (i.e., sustaining effort in the face of adversity when learning math). In Study 1, a sample of 10th grade students (N = 222) completed a battery of personality and attitude questionnaires, and math achievement was indexed by curriculum-based examination scores. Mediation analyses indicated that math-specific grit, but not domain-general grit, mediated the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement. In Study 2, we replicated and extended the above findings with another sample of 11th grade students (N = 465). Mediation analyses indicated that math-specific grit and math-specific procrastination played sequential mediating roles in the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement. That is, individuals with higher math anxiety were less gritty in math learning, possibly further leading them to be more procrastinated in performing math work, which may finally result in worse math achievement. In summary, the current study provides the first evidence that math-specific grit may mediate the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement. Furthermore, it also demonstrated the value of math-specific grit over domain-general grit in predicting math success, which invites a broader investigation on subject-specific grit.
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