The grit effect: predicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage

Remaining committed to goals is necessary (albeit not sufficient) to attaining them, but very little is known about domain-general individual differences that contribute to sustained goal commitment. The current investigation examines the association between grit, defined as passion and perseverance...

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Main Authors: Lauren eEskreis-Winkler, Angela Lee Duckworth, Elizabeth P. Shulman, Scott eBeal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00036/full