Physical Fitness, Grit, School Attendance, and Academic Performance among Adolescents

Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of grit as a construct representing perseverance to overcoming barriers and the total number of school absences to academic performance (AP) while controlling for sociodemographics, fitness (i.e., PACER), and Body Mass Index (BMI)....

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Main Authors: Jonathan M. Cosgrove, Yen T. Chen, Darla M. Castelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9801258