Grit as A Distinctive Predictor for School Maladjustment of Nontraditional College Students
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This article discusses the distinctive role of grit on school maladjustment above and beyond personality traits. We surveyed 535 adult open university students in South Korea and analyzed their responses using structural equation modeling. The results indicated that our model fit the data well. Specifically, two grit factors negatively predicted overall school maladjustment, including academic, emotional, and career-related areas. With Regards to personality traits, only neuroticism and conscientiousness significantly predicted grit factors. Mediation analyses indicated that only perseverance played a mediating role between conscientiousness and academic/career maladjustment. These results suggest that perseverance might have a distinctive role in predicting academic and career school maladjustment above conscientiousness.
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