Poster #25 - The Longitudinal Pathway From Growth Mind-Set and Goal Commitment to Academic Outcomes: The Mediation Role of Grit

• In Event: 15.062 - MTCC Poster Session One
  In Poster Session: 15.062-2 - Contemporary Issues in Motivation Research Models of Motivation: Theoretical and Applied Advances

Abstract

The present study examined whether having a growth mindset and having a committed study goal contributes to grit and then improves academic achievement and engagement via grit. High school samples (N= 2,018; 55.3% grils) from the longitudinal Mind-the-Gap project in Finland were measured for growth mindset and goal commitment in Grade 6, grit in Grade 8, and GPA and engagement in Grade 9. The results showed that the higher the students’ goal commitment (not growth mindset), the better their Perseverance of Effort (PE) later, and that the higher PE, predicted their engagement, after controlling for the students’ conscientiousness, academic persistence, gender and SES, prior GPA and engagement.

Authors

• Xin Tang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Ming-Te Wang, University of Pittsburgh

• Jiesi Guo, Australian Catholic University

• Katariina Salmela-Aro, Cicero Learning, University of Helsinki