Grit and Growth Mindset Contribution to School Counseling Services

Abstract

School counselors are essential staff in an education setting, contributing to student success by delivering critical services when implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. The study examined the predictive relationships of school counselors’ level of grit and mindset with their activities performed in programmatic service delivery. This novel study contributed to the expansion of grit and mindset predictive relationship with school counselor’s activities performed in a comprehensive counseling program. Practical implications were discussed, and further research is warranted to identify other factors that are predictive of counselor’s job activities in a comprehensive school counseling program.

Developing a growth mindset in education: a bibliometric analysis and its challenge during pandemic

“…The results reveal that growth mindset pedagogy research often discusses students' psychological factors, such as changes in students' mindsets [32], motivation [37], commitment, grit [30], emotional and behavioral disabilities [39], psychological capital [41], persistence, effort, resilience, and challenges seeking [43]. Meanwhile, the majority of research on growth mindset factors focuses on academic achievement and engagement [15], [33], [45]- [47], career self-esteem, distress-related outcomes, entrepreneurial skills [20], self-regulated learning strategies [48], anxiety in certain subjects, academic stress, and loneliness [13]. Selfefficacy in specific topics was also reciprocal with students' growth mindset [49].…”

“…Grit, growth mindset, and other constructs are frequently investigated [15], [45], [46]. Growth mindset people are more hopeful and persistent because they have self-transcendent motivation for learning [47], [48].…”

School counseling internship and the role of grit: Perceptions Among newly graduated school counselor trainees who successfully navigated internship during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Grit, among other positive qualities, serves as a protective factor for impairment, with grittier individuals reporting less stress and burnout (Mullen & Crowe, 2018). With consideration to the challenges that face educators in the school system, grit may be an essential personality trait for predicting performance and success (Larberg & Sherlin, 2021;Mullen & Crowe, 2018). When measuring grit, the highest grit score achieved is a 5 (extremely gritty) and the lowest score of 1 (not gritty at all).…”

“…Mullen and Crowe (2018) conducted a quantitative study comparing the grit scores of school counselors with the grit scores of a general non-specified adult sample (M= 3.4) in Duckworth and Quinn's (2009) study. In a similar quantitative study conducted three years later by researchers Larberg and Sherlin (2021), the researchers compared school counselors' grit levels (M= 3.94) to adults in the Duckworth and Quinn (2009) study (M= 3.4). Both samples of school counselors (M =3.83) and (M =3.94) were higher than the midpoint score of 3 and the average adult sample of 3.4.…”

“…Furthermore, it may be helpful to develop school counselors' strategies such as task-oriented coping skills (e.g., grit) in order to decrease their likelihood of experiencing burnout once entering the profession. Therefore, the development of malleable traits may be valuable to overcome the challenges of school counselors' work demands (Larberg & Sherlin, 2021) Additional interview questions concerning the perceived role of grit for programmatic service delivery (PSD) and comprehensive school counseling programs (CSCP) will be added to the focus group protocol to align with the existing body of literature on identified challenges of implementing PSDs and CSCPs for novice school counselors. Although this study shed a light on role of grit on SCITs internship experiences, future studies may utilize Online Photo Voice (OPV) (Tanhan et al, 2021) to explore how grittiness effect SCITs internship experiences.…”