| Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals. AL Duckworth, C Peterson, MD Matthews, DR Kelly Journal of personality and social psychology 92 (6), 1087, 2007 | 10950 | 2007 |
| Development and validation of the Short Grit Scale (GRIT–S) AL Duckworth, PD Quinn Journal of personality assessment 91 (2), 166-174, 2009 | 5093 | 2009 |
| Grit: The power of passion and perseverance A Duckworth Scribner, 2016 | 4577 | 2016 |
| Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance of adolescents AL Duckworth, MEP Seligman Psychological science 16 (12), 939-944, 2005 | 4082 | 2005 |
| The economics and psychology of personality traits L Borghans, AL Duckworth, JJ Heckman, B Ter Weel Journal of human Resources 43 (4), 972-1059, 2008 | 3311 | 2008 |
| Positive psychology in clinical practice A Lee Duckworth, TA Steen, MEP Seligman Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 1 (1), 629-651, 2005 | 2155 | 2005 |
| Self-discipline gives girls the edge: gender in self-discipline, grades, and achievement test scores. AL Duckworth, MEP Seligman Journal of educational psychology 98 (1), 198, 2006 | 1851 | 2006 |
| Self-control and grit: Related but separable determinants of success A Duckworth, JJ Gross Current directions in psychological science 23 (5), 319-325, 2014 | 1822 | 2014 |
| A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement DS Yeager, P Hanselman, GM Walton, JS Murray, R Crosnoe, C Muller, ... Nature 573 (7774), 364-369, 2019 | 1731 | 2019 |
| Measurement matters: Assessing personal qualities other than cognitive ability for educational purposes AL Duckworth, DS Yeager Educational researcher 44 (4), 237-251, 2015 | 1686 | 2015 |
| The grit effect: Predicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage L Eskreis-Winkler, EP Shulman, SA Beal, AL Duckworth Frontiers in psychology 5, 36, 2014 | 1653 | 2014 |
| An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance R Kurzban, A Duckworth, JW Kable, J Myers Behavioral and brain sciences 36 (6), 661-679, 2013 | 1524 | 2013 |
| A meta-analysis of the convergent validity of self-control measures AL Duckworth, ML Kern Journal of research in personality 45 (3), 259-268, 2011 | 1371 | 2011 |
| Deliberate practice spells success: Why grittier competitors triumph at the National Spelling Bee AL Duckworth, TA Kirby, E Tsukayama, H Berstein, KA Ericsson Social psychological and personality science 2 (2), 174-181, 2011 | 1105 | 2011 |
| Positive predictors of teacher effectiveness AL Duckworth, PD Quinn, MEP Seligman The Journal of Positive Psychology 4 (6), 540-547, 2009 | 1039 | 2009 |
| Unpacking grit: Motivational correlates of perseverance and passion for long-term goals KR Von Culin, E Tsukayama, AL Duckworth The Journal of Positive Psychology 9 (4), 306-312, 2014 | 875 | 2014 |
| True grit: Trait-level perseverance and passion for long-term goals predicts effectiveness and retention among novice teachers C Robertson-Kraft, AL Duckworth Teachers College Record 116 (3), 1-27, 2014 | 846 | 2014 |
| Boring but important: a self-transcendent purpose for learning fosters academic self-regulation. DS Yeager, MD Henderson, D Paunesku, GM Walton, S D'Mello, ... Journal of personality and social psychology 107 (4), 559, 2014 | 749 | 2014 |
| Self-control and academic achievement AL Duckworth, JL Taxer, L Eskreis-Winkler, BM Galla, JJ Gross Annual review of psychology 70 (1), 373-399, 2019 | 747 | 2019 |
| What No Child Left Behind leaves behind: The roles of IQ and self-control in predicting standardized achievement test scores and report card grades. AL Duckworth, PD Quinn, E Tsukayama Journal of educational psychology 104 (2), 439, 2012 | 699 | 2012 |
