Emotional distress causes increased heart rate, muscle tensing, faster breathing, and inability to focus on other subjects.
Is emotional resilience important?
Emotional distress causes increased heart rate, muscle tensing, faster breathing, and inability to focus on other subjects.
Is emotional resilience important?
It would actually be nice if there were some negative things that went along with conscientiousness, but at this point it’s emerging as one of the primary dimensions of successful functioning across the lifespan. It really goes cradle to grave in terms of how people do.— How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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locally-based staff and carries out its programs in conjunction with local partners. Teams of international instructors and volunteers support the programs through projects year-round.
So many good features in your project!
Employing local staff that know the setting and can be role models for the kids.
Supporting mentoring by volunteers to scale.
Working with bodies to get a visceral experience that change is possible.
Mentoring in groups to build a community.
Spotlighting diversity and building bridges beyond the local community.
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Duckworth and Seligman, 2005;
He cites this article in line, but doesn't provide the details in the bibliography:
Duckworth AL, Seligman MEP. Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents. Psychological Science. 2005;16(12):939-944. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01641.x https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01641.x
Masuyama, A., Kubo, T., Sugawara, D., & Chishima, Y. (2020). Interest consistency can buffer the effect of COVID-19 fear on psychological distress. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ygz37
Grit 2.0: A Review with Strategies to Deal with Disappointment, Rejection, and Failure
Authentic happiness inventory
When you see young people as agents of change, rather than objects to be changed,