Temporal Stability of Grit and School Performance in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Perspective

  1. Álvaro Postigo 1
  2. Marcelino Cuesta 1
  3. Rubén Fernández-Alonso 1
  4. Eduardo García-Cueto 1
  5. José Muñiz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Psicología educativa

ISSN: 1135-755X

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 27

Número: 1

Páginas: 77-84

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicología educativa

Resumen

La tenacidad es un constructo relacionado con la perseverancia y la pasión por conseguir los objetivos propuestos. Su relación con el rendimiento académico ha sido ampliamente investigada, si bien los resultados no son concluyentes. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la estabilidad temporal de la tenacidad y su relación con el rendimiento académico de los adolescentes. Se utilizó una muestra de 5,371 estudiantes, que fueron evaluados en dos momentos temporales separados por un periodo de cuatro años. En la primera evaluación la media de edad fue de 9.9 años (DT = 0.41) y en la segunda, de 13.87 (DT = 0.82). Se utilizó un diseño longitudinal, analizando los datos mediante análisis de varianza, análisis factorial y modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. La tenacidad y rendimiento académico de los adolescentes descienden entre los 10 y los 14 años. Los que tenían mayor nivel de tenacidad académica mostraron mejores resultados escolares. Ambos constructos están correlacionados, por lo que el uso de programas de intervención para mejorar la tenacidad académica podría ser clave para mejorar su rendimiento académico.

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Cite this article as: Postigo, A., Cuesta, M., Fernández-Alonso, R., García-Cueto, E., & Muñiz, J. (2021). Temporal stability of grit and school performance in adolescents: A longitudinal perspective. Psicología Educativa, 27(1), 77-84. https://doi.org/10.5093/psed2021a4 Funding: This research has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PSI2017-85724-P), and by a predoctoral grant from the Principality of Asturias (BP17-78). Correspondence: postigoalvaro@uniovi.es (Á. Postigo).

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