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PLoS ONE, 2019 Grit (effortful persistence) has received considerable attention as a personality trait relevant for success and performance. However, critics have questioned grit's construct validity and criterion validity. Here we report on two studies that contribute
Clemens M Lechner +2 more
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The Influence of Chronotype and Grit on Lifestyle and Physical Activity
Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal, 2020 Background: The chronotype of a person refers to an individual's natural sleep-wake cycle and whether that individual prefers morning or evening activities, and grit is an individual's perseverance and passion for long-term goals.
Melody F. Allee +10 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler +2 more
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Nursing Students' Grit and Psychological Capital After Crises: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
BackgroundGrit is characterized by perseverance and consistency of interest; among nursing students, grit is a predictor of academic and professional success.
Ryan, Liz +5 more
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Assessing the effect of grit and employability on organizational commitment mediating by job involvement [PDF]
, 2020 The research investigated the effects of grit and employability on organizational commitment by mediating job involvement of the private higher education in Indonesia. This research used a quantitative approach with a survey method.
Chandrawaty, Chandrawaty, Widodo, Widodo
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Grit: the good, the bad and the ugly
, 2020 PurposeThe concept of grit has been receiving increased attention in recent years. Grit is a trait that enables individuals to persevere while facing challenges and obstacles in life, sometimes “winning at any cost”.
Bakpayev, Marat +3 more
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
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Factorial structure and external validity of the Grit Scale: A literature review [PDF]
openLa Grit Scale (Duckworth et al., 2007; 2009) rappresenta il principale strumento in letteratura per la misurazione della grinta (grit), un costrutto particolarmente discusso in campo psicologico negli ultimi anni e oggetto di dibattito, soprattutto ...
GUZZO, MARTA
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Academic and clinical performance among nursing students : what's grit go to do with it?
, 2020 Background: Nursing is both a science and an art and requires students to develop sound scientific foundations for artful application. The at times binary nature of how the way in which the knowledge and skills of nursing are delivered in higher ...
Peck, Blake, Terry, Daniel
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Exploring gender differences in the relations between passion, grit and flow
Acta PsychologicaThe current study sought to explore the association between passion, grit and flow and study possible differences between the genders in a sample of 529 adults in Norway. There were 323 females and 204 males.
Hermundur Sigmundsson +1 more
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