Fostering grit: Perceived school goal-structure predicts growth in grit and grades
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Development and validation of the short grit scale (grit-s).
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Educational Psychology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0361-476X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.09.007