Personality traits that may be aligned with a perseverance and determination personality include the ability to self-sacrifice, deal with levels of chronic suffering and angst, a sense of drawing attention towards a sense of exhibitionism, a sense of compulsion towards accepting the uncomfortableness such as differentiated levels of torture while at the same time looking towards the relief of stresses and strains. Further, an intriguing dichotomy is the need to denigrate the self through self-defeating feelings of inferiority associated with one’s ability to successfully achieve the sought-after prize (in this discussion, being the attainment of the doctoral degree). Anxiety is an inherent realization throughout experiences. As a summary, the perseverance and determination characteristics evolve towards the derivation of pleasure-inducing responses through painful experiences and imposed or perpetrated inflictions upon oneself.
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Showcasing Dreams, Desires, Vision, Whimsy, Illusion, and Anxious Uncertainty: Understanding Aspects of Perseverance and Determination Towards Doctoral Capstone Successes
Caroline M. Crawford (University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA) and Noran L. Moffett (Fayetteville State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9707-0.ch010
Abstract
Personalized journeys that reflect the development of deep-seated perseverance and determination characteristics evolve from stresses and traumatic events that may be short-term or longer-term from past experiences, yet still can impact the doctoral candidate's progression through the dissertation journey. A sensitivity towards one's own psychological balance during highly stressful and destabilized beliefs around one's self-efficacy are impactful during the dissertation, potentially subverting and undermining a doctoral candidate's ability to maintain a balanced psychological approach towards anxiety-riddled and stress-inducing cognitive dissonance and engagement. Discussions around the ability to support doctoral candidates during the dissertation journey are highlighted, including perseverance and determination characteristic strengths, weaknesses, and areas of potential growth areas of engaged development, upon the doctoral candidate's personality.