The Role of Hardiness and Grit in Predicting Performance and Retention of USMA Cadets
- 2 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Military Psychology
- Vol. 24 (1), 19-28
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2012.639672
Abstract
We examined the relative effectiveness of hardiness and grit as predictors of performance and retention among first year cadets at the USMA. Based on past research and theory, we expected that both hardiness and grit would predict unique variance in performance and retention even after controlling for past performance as measured by the Whole Candidate Score. Results of regression analyses revealed that hardiness and grit predicted unique variance in first year retention, but only hardiness predicted first year performance at USMA. These findings suggest that hardiness assessment and training may prove valuable in enhancing performance and retention within military training environments.Keywords
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