Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 7 · id grit-c7-02-spelling-bee-champions-who-sco
“Spelling bee champions who scored higher on grit practiced more hours of solitary deliberate practice, and this practice mediated the grit-performance relationship.”
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Duckworth et al. (2011), Social Psychological and Personality Science 2(2), 174-181DOI registry: valid
Grittier spellers practiced more hours of deliberate practice (solitary study), which mediated the relationship between grit and spelling bee performance. N = 190 national spelling bee finalists.
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