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Relationship between Grit and Academic Achievement of Elementary and Junior High School Students: Genetic and Environmental Structure

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: To examine the mechanisms underlying the relationship between academic achievement and grit, we divided grit into two dimensions: interest and perseverance. We explored these dimensions at the genetic and environmental levels using a behavioral genetic approach. The participants included 295 and 606 pairs of twins in elementary school and junior high school, respectively. At the phenotypic level, academic achievement positively correlated with perseverance across all school years. However, at the genetic and environmental levels, this relationship was shaped by environmental correlations among elementary school students and genetic correlations among junior high school students.

Source: The Japanese Journal of Personality

DOI: 10.2132/personality.33.3.3

Authors: Amane Yamaguchi, Chizuru Shikishima, Tetsuya Kawamoto, Hideo Akabayashi, Juko Ando

Institutions: Teikyo University, Keio University

Language: English

Topic: Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science