Title
Socioeconomic Status and Grit in Adolescent Students
Date of Award
2020
Degree Name
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.)
Department
Department of Counselor Education and Human Services
Advisor/Chair
Advisor: Sawyer Hunley
Abstract
Grit is the persistence to complete a long-term goal over time despite adversity, failures, or plateaus. The present study focused on the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and grit. Studies have documented that students from lower-SES homes experience less academic success compared to their peers from more affluent backgrounds. This quasi-experimental study compared grit scores between junior-high students from low-SES backgrounds to peers from higher-SES homes by using Duckworth's 12-Item Grit Scale. There was no significant difference in grit scores between students from higher-SES backgrounds (M= 3.22, SD= .580) and students from lower-SES backgrounds (M= 3.16, SD=.63).
Keywords
Education, Grit, socioeconomic, SES, adolescent, gap
Rights Statement
Copyright 2020, author
Recommended Citation
Boyer, Zachary Alan, "Socioeconomic Status and Grit in Adolescent Students" (2020). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 6880.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/graduate_theses/6880
