Alzerwi Nasser A N
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Ministry of Education, Al-Majmaah City, Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2020 Jun 19;11:419-425. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S256152. eCollection 2020.
A small number of researchers have proposed grit as a predictor of academic, non-academic, and non-cognitive performance. However, no such studies have been conducted in the context of Saudi Arabian medical schools. The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of grit on the academic performance of medical students in Majmaah University.
Medical students of Majmaah University completed a survey in December 2019, answering questions on grit, personal characteristics, and academic performance.
In the sample, the average grit score was moderately high (M = 3.31, standard deviation = 0.60). Female students' grit scores (M = 3.47, SD = 0.56) were higher than those of males (M = 3.22, SD = 0.61) ( = 0.002). Of the academic performance variables, only the difference in mean grit score between those who repeated a year or more (M = 3.11, SD = 0.64) and non-repeaters (M = 3.39, SD = 0.57) reflected a statistical significance ( = 0.001).
The students who have repeated a year and more have lower grit scores. A follow-up study is required to compare the grit scores with the participants' ultimate completion status.
少数研究人员提出，坚毅是学术、非学术和非认知表现的一个预测指标。然而，尚未在沙特阿拉伯医学院校的背景下开展此类研究。本研究的目的是检验坚毅对Majmaah大学医学生学业成绩的影响。
Majmaah大学的医学生于2019年12月完成了一项调查，回答了有关坚毅、个人特征和学业成绩的问题。
在样本中，平均坚毅得分中等偏高（M = 3.31，标准差 = 0.60）。女生的坚毅得分（M = 3.47，SD = 0.56）高于男生（M = 3.22，SD = 0.61）（P = 0.002）。在学业成绩变量中，只有复读一年或一年以上的学生（M = 3.11，SD = 0.64）和未复读学生（M = 3.39，SD = 0.57）之间的平均坚毅得分差异具有统计学意义（P = 0.001）。
复读一年及以上的学生坚毅得分较低。需要进行后续研究，将坚毅得分与参与者的最终结业状态进行比较。
