Most cited papers in Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
What are the most cited papers in Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation?
The most cited paper in Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation is "Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals." (Angela Lee Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews et al., 2007), with 6,956 citations. Next come "The brief resilience scale: Assessing the ability to bounce back" (6,494) and "The Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions: Assumptions, Corollaries, and Implications for Educational Research and Practice" (5,542).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 558 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Angela Lee Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2007 | 6,956 |
| 2 | The brief resilience scale: Assessing the ability to bounce back Bruce W. Smith, Jeanne Dalen, Kathryn T. Wiggins et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | 8 Aug 2008 | 6,494 |
| 3 | The Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions: Assumptions, Corollaries, and Implications for Educational Research and Practice Reinhard H. Pekrun · Educational Psychology Review | 4 Nov 2006 | 5,542 |
| 4 | Academic Emotions in Students' Self-Regulated Learning and Achievement: A Program of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Reinhard H. Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Wolfram Titz et al. · Educational Psychologist | 2002 | 3,938 |
| 5 | Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Michelle Richardson, Charles Abraham, Rod A. Bond · Psychological Bulletin | 2012 | 3,644 |
| 6 | Psychometric analysis and refinement of the connor–davidson resilience scale (CD‐RISC): Validation of a 10‐item measure of resilience Laura Campbell‐Sills, Murray B. Stein · Journal of Traumatic Stress | Dec 2007 | 3,582 |
| 7 | Development and validation of the State Hope Scale. Charles R. R. Snyder, Susie C. Sympson, Florence C. Ybasco et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Feb 1996 | 3,411 |
| 8 | Development and Validation of the Short Grit Scale (Grit–S) Angela Lee Duckworth, Patrick D. Quinn · Journal of Personality Assessment | 11 Feb 2009 | 3,386 |
| 9 | Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals Andrew J. Elliot · Educational Psychologist | Jun 1999 | 3,109 |
| 10 | Effects of COVID-19 on College Students’ Mental Health in the United States: Interview Survey Study Changwon Son, Sudeep Hegde, Alec Smith et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research | 15 Aug 2020 | 2,848 |
| 11 | Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) in second language and education research: Guidelines using an applied example Joseph F. Hair, Abdullah Alamer · Research Methods in Applied Linguistics | 4 Aug 2022 | 2,658 |
| 12 | Do Psychosocial and Study Skill Factors Predict College Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis. Steven B. Robbins, Kristy J. Lauver, Huy Le et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2004 | 2,490 |
| 13 | Approach and avoidance achievement goals and intrinsic motivation: A mediational analysis. Andrew J. Elliot, Judith M. Harackiewicz · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Mar 1996 | 2,414 |
| 14 | Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ) Reinhard H. Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Anne Christiane Frenzel et al. · Contemporary Educational Psychology | 31 Oct 2010 | 2,252 |
| 15 | Multiple goals, multiple pathways: The role of goal orientation in learning and achievement. Paul R. Pintrich · Journal of Educational Psychology | Sep 2000 | 2,178 |
| 16 | New Directions in Goal-Setting Theory Edwin A. Locke, Gary P. Latham · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Oct 2006 | 2,052 |
| 17 | Academic self-efficacy and first year college student performance and adjustment. Martin M. Chemers, Li‐tze Hu, Ben F. Garcia · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 2001 | 1,908 |
| 18 | Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions Maarten Vansteenkiste, Richard M. Ryan, Bart Soenens · Motivation and Emotion | 21 Jan 2020 | 1,840 |
| 19 | The Nature, Effects, and Relief of Mathematics Anxiety Ray Hembree · Journal for Research in Mathematics Education | 1990 | 1,678 |
| 20 | Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature. Marcus Credé, Michael C. Tynan, Peter D. Harms · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 16 Jun 2016 | 1,662 |
| 21 | Correlates, Causes, Effects, and Treatment of Test Anxiety Ray Hembree · Review of Educational Research | Mar 1988 | 1,648 |
| 22 | Is General Self-Efficacy a Universal Construct?1 Urte Scholz, Benicio Gutiérrez Doña, Shonali Sud et al. · European Journal of Psychological Assessment | Sep 2002 | 1,648 |
| 23 | The influence of academic self-efficacy on academic performance: A systematic review Toni Honicke, Jaclyn Broadbent · Educational Research Review | 18 Dec 2015 | 1,556 |
| 24 | Sources of Self-Efficacy in School: Critical Review of the Literature and Future Directions Ellen L. Usher, Frank Pajares · Review of Educational Research | Dec 2008 | 1,509 |
| 25 | Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development Christopher K. Hertzog, Arthur F. Kramer, R. J. Wilson et al. · Gothic.net | Oct 2008 | 1,490 |
| 26 | Multifaceted Impact of Self-Efficacy Beliefs on Academic Functioning Albert Bandura, Claudio Barbaranelli, Gian Vittorio Caprara et al. · Child Development | Jun 1996 | 1,445 |
| 27 | Advancing Achievement Goal Theory: Using Goal Structures and Goal Orientations to Predict Students' Motivation, Cognition, and Achievement. Christopher A. Wolters · Journal of Educational Psychology | Jun 2004 | 1,391 |
| 28 | Revision of achievement goal theory: Necessary and illuminating. Judith M. Harackiewicz, Kenneth E. Barron, Paul R. Pintrich et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | Sep 2002 | 1,366 |
| 29 | Applications of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision Karen Taylor, Nancy E. Betz · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Feb 1983 | 1,351 |
| 30 | The Relation Between Self-Beliefs and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Review Jeffrey C. Valentine, David Lane DuBois, Harris Cooper · Educational Psychologist | 12 May 2004 | 1,313 |
| 31 | Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span. Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown · Journal of Counseling Psychology | 2013 | 1,295 |
| 32 | Achievement goals and achievement emotions: Testing a model of their joint relations with academic performance. Reinhard H. Pekrun, Andrew J. Elliot, Markus Maier · Journal of Educational Psychology | Feb 2009 | 1,262 |
| 33 | Performance-approach goals: Good for what, for whom, under what circumstances, and at what cost? Carol Midgley, Avi Kaplan, Michael Middleton · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 2001 | 1,247 |
| 34 | The Development and Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale Charles R. R. Snyder, Betsy Hoza, William E. Pelham et al. · Journal of Pediatric Psychology | 1997 | 1,242 |
| 35 | Achievement goals, study strategies, and exam performance: A mediational analysis. Andrew J. Elliot, Holly A. McGregor, Shelly L. Gable · Journal of Educational Psychology | Sep 1999 | 1,227 |
| 36 | Boredom in achievement settings: Exploring control–value antecedents and performance outcomes of a neglected emotion. Reinhard H. Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Lia M. Daniels et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | Aug 2010 | 1,209 |
| 37 | Predictors of math anxiety and its influence on young adolescents' course enrollment intentions and performance in mathematics. Judith L. Meece, Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 1990 | 1,197 |
| 38 | Avoiding the demonstration of lack of ability: An underexplored aspect of goal theory. Michael Middleton, Carol Midgley · Journal of Educational Psychology | Dec 1997 | 1,161 |
| 39 | Constructing a Significance Test for Incongruence James S. Farris, Mari Källersjö, Arnold G. Kluge et al. · Systematic Biology | Dec 1995 | 1,101 |
| 40 | Achievement Emotions and Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Reciprocal Effects Reinhard H. Pekrun, Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Herbert W. Marsh et al. · Child Development | 8 Feb 2017 | 1,096 |
| 41 | Academic resilience and its psychological and educational correlates: A construct validity approach Andrew James Martin, Herbert W. Marsh · Psychology in the Schools | 10 Feb 2006 | 1,082 |
| 42 | Exploratory Factor Analysis: Its Role in Item Analysis Richard L. Gorsuch · Journal of Personality Assessment | Jun 1997 | 1,076 |
| 43 | Self-Control and Grit Angela Lee Duckworth, James Jonathan Gross · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Oct 2014 | 1,030 |
| 44 | To What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind-Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Two Meta-Analyses Victoria F. Sisk, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Jingze Sun et al. · Psychological Science | 5 Mar 2018 | 1,009 |
| 45 | Measurement Matters Angela Lee Duckworth, David Scott Yeager · Educational Researcher | May 2015 | 995 |
| 46 | Job search and employment: A personality–motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. Ruth Kanfer, Connie R. Wanberg, Tracy M. Kantrowitz · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2001 | 982 |
| 47 | GRATITUDE AND HAPPINESS: DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE OF GRATITUDE, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING Philip Charles Watkins, Kathrane Woodward, Tamara Stone et al. · Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal | 2003 | 975 |
| 48 | The grit effect: predicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Elizabeth P. Shulman, Scott A. Beal et al. · Frontiers in Psychology | 2014 | 972 |
| 49 | Jingle, Jangle, and Conceptual Haziness: Evolution and Future Directions of the Engagement Construct Amy L. Reschly, Sandra L. Christenson | 2012 | 934 |
| 50 | Achievement Goal Theory at the Crossroads: Old Controversies, Current Challenges, and New Directions Corwin Senko, Chris S. Hulleman, Judith M. Harackiewicz · Educational Psychologist | 24 Jan 2011 | 922 |
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