Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Grit

This volume provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on grit, its measurement, manifestation and development. Specifically, it provides a comprehensive and balanced response to critiques associated with the construct within the contemporary positive psychological literature. These critiques revolve around the lack of consensus in the conceptualisation, measurement, and management of grit, as well as consensus on its difference from other psychological constructs such as conscientiousness, diligence or determination. Therefore, this volume thoroughly reappraises and consolidates the nature, function, measurement and implications of grit in order to effectively advance the science of achievement. It looks at grit scales developed in various countries and evaluates the concept in various aspects of life, from work performance to sports. Written by a team of multi-disciplinary experts in fields ranging from neuroscience, sociology, and education to human resource management and psychology, this volume firmly positions grit within the discipline of positive psychology’s nomological lexicon.

How Do Grit and Gratitude Relate to Flourishing?  The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.- A “GRRR” goal orientation process-model: Workplace long-term relationships among Grit, Resilience and Recovery.- How does grit compare to other psychosocial factors in predicting university students’ math performance and subjective wellbeing.- How Does Perseverance of Effort Influence the University Outcomes of Historically Underrepresented Students?.- Enhancing Grit: Possibility and Intervention Strategies.- Gritty Goal Pursuit and Perceived Chronic Stress: Exploring Implications for Academic Problems.- Grit Lit: An Effort to Cultivate Grit and Task Perseverance through a High-School Language Arts Curriculum.- Deconstructing Grit’s Validity:   The Case for Revising Grit Measures and Theory.- Neurological correlates of grit: A critical review.- High Hope and Low Rumination are Antecedents of Grit.- Can the Components of Grit Predict the Long-Term Educational Outcomes?.-Exploring the Grit-Performance and Grit-Career Success Relationship: The Role of Psychological Ownership.- Developing Gritty Job Seekers: A Need-Supportive Approach to Grit Interventions.