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Exploring the Variability and Association of Grit and Self-compassion over Time in Daily Lives of Students : An Experience Sampling Study

Loenhout, Tessa van (2022) Exploring the Variability and Association of Grit and Self-compassion over Time in Daily Lives of Students : An Experience Sampling Study.

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Abstract:Nowadays, students appear to be very focused on performance. This urge to achieve goals, despite obstacles, falls under the personality trait grit. In addition to the qualities of grit, too much grit can make it difficult to set boundaries, to be self-compassionate and to experience more stress from pressure to perform. So, there seems to be a disbalance where high levels of grit appear to affect lower self-compassion, and it seems to vary at the intrapersonal level. To investigate whether self-compassion is predicted by grit, these constructs are repeatedly measured at multiple times in students’ daily lives, with the use of an Experience Sampling Method. This study showed that when students experience a higher degree of grit, they can still take care of themselves and reflect on their mistakes. Their daily self-compassion is better explained by the average grit the student experiences that week than by their momentary grit. Furthermore, no intrapersonal differences were found between grit and self-compassion when they experience a high or low degree of trait grit. The degree of stress that students experience and the difficulty to set boundaries, cannot therefore be directly explained by these results of the study. Therefore, further research is recommended.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology MSc (66604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/89656
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