Doctoral Research by Youth: Analyzing the Role of Socio-Demographic Variables on Flourishing and Grit
- Title
- Doctoral Research by Youth: Analyzing the Role of Socio-Demographic Variables on Flourishing and Grit
- Creator
- Deb S.; Sunny A.M.; Thomas S.; Deb S.; Ashra F.G.; Sujith V.S.; Paul D.
- Description
- The study examines the importance of socio-demographic variables like age, gender, family environment, and relationship with parents and friends in deter-mining non-cognitive traits such as flourishing and grit, during the tenure of doctoral research. The cross-sectional correlational study comprises 400 Ph.D. scholars from a Central University in India, who were given a personal data sheet, the Flourishing Scale and the Grit Scale, for assessment. The results of the F-test showed that flourishing was significantly related to age, family environment and relationship with friends, and grit was significantly related to family environment and relationship with friends. Analysis using Pearson correlation found a weak correlation between flourishing and the three subscales of grit, namely ambition, consistency of interest, and perseverance of effort. Findings suggest that the socio-demographic variables are important contributors in the long-term goal-oriented behaviors and that flourishing and grit are two related but not correlated variables that influence completion and attrition of the doctoral research. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.
- Source
- Handbook of Youth Development: Policies and Perspectives from India and Beyond, pp. 531-544.
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Subject
- Academic achievement; Demographic variables; Doctoral attrition; Doctoral education; Flourishing; Grit
- Coverage
- Deb S., Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry, India; Sunny A.M., PGCE Teacher Trainee, UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom; Thomas S., Teacher of Psychology, St. Georges College, Weybrigde, United Kingdom; Deb S., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Ashra F.G., Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry, India; Sujith V.S., Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry, India; Paul D., Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 978-981994969-4; 978-981994968-7
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Deb S.; Sunny A.M.; Thomas S.; Deb S.; Ashra F.G.; Sujith V.S.; Paul D., “Doctoral Research by Youth: Analyzing the Role of Socio-Demographic Variables on Flourishing and Grit,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18370.