Growth Mindset and Grit: How Do University Students' Mindsets and Grit Affect their Academic Achievement?

Background: Mindset and Grit are two relatively new research fields, but conducted studies clearly demonstrate that they have a positive effect on academic achievement. Objective: The purpose of the current study is to test how students' perceived mindset and grit affect their academic achievement. The sample of this study was 238 Caucasian (UK, Greek) and Asian (Chinese, Arabic) undergraduate and postgraduate students. Methodology: For the purposes of this study, electronic questionnaire was developed. Two different questionnaire links (Greek and English) were created and those who did consent to participate could follow them(https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NS2uRADMAgBHtH)(https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3 gStH5pe0cjvg33). Participation in this study was completely voluntary and participants were informed through written consent in the information letter that they had the right to withdraw at any point. Questionnaire was distributed from May to July 2018. Results: Analyzing the linear relationship of the subscales of Mindset with the academic performance we found that Growth Beliefs Talent has moderate academic performance has weak strength positive correlation with Growth Beliefs Intelligence (r(238)=0.366, p