Poster #4 - Educational Stays Abroad and the Development of Grit Facets: A Longitudinal Analysis in Young Adulthood

• In Event: 63.088 - MTCC Poster Session 14
  In Poster Session: 63.088-1 - Human Development 2

Abstract

This study examined the development of grit during educational stays abroad. We measured grit in a treatment group of 179 German sojourners immediately before the start of their stays abroad (T1), 3 months afterwards (T2), and 15 months afterwards (T3). At T1 and T2 we also measured grit in a control group of 37 Germans who stayed at home. Using multivariate latent change score modeling, we found an increase in perseverance of effort between T1 and T2 in the treatment group, but not the control group, and this effect persisted throughout T3. Moreover, we found an increase in consistency of interest between T1 and T3 in the treatment group, which was positively predicted by the time sojourners spent abroad.

Authors

• Fabian Wolff, Kiel University

• Christoph Borzikowsky, IPN - Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

• Fabian T. C. Schmidt, University of Hamburg

• Jens Möller, University of Kiel

• Jenny Wagner, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

• Jennifer Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education