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Jesus Alfonso D. Datu

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
34
Citations
3888
World Ranking
879
National Ranking
285

Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
4944
World Ranking
8663
National Ranking
76

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jesus Alfonso D. Datu sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 152 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jesus Alfonso D. Datu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and focuses research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a substantial concentration on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education, and Safety Research.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including psychological well-being and life satisfaction, grit, self-efficacy, and motivation, resilience and mental health, COVID-19 and mental health, optimism and hope, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and early childhood education and development.

Recent publications authored by Jesus Alfonso D. Datu include:

  • Beyond Passion and Perseverance: Review and Future Research Initiatives on the Science of Grit (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • The effects of gratitude and kindness on life satisfaction, positive emotions, negative emotions, and COVID-19 anxiety: An online pilot experimental study (2021), published in Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • Is Grittiness Next to Happiness? Examining the Association of Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions with Well-Being Outcomes (2020), published in Journal of Happiness Studies

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Jesus Alfonso D. Datu include:

  • Jet U. Buenconsejo
  • Jana Patricia M. Valdez
  • Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon
  • Feifan Pang
  • Oli Ahmed

The most common publication venues where Datu's work appears include:

  • Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Computers & Education
  • School Psychology International
  • Children and Youth Services Review

Datu's research outputs also demonstrate engagement with several principal topics that integrate psychological constructs and applied mental health contexts, addressing issues that span from grit and motivation to the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being.

Best Publications

  • Perseverance Counts but Consistency Does Not! Validating the Short Grit Scale in a Collectivist Setting

    Jesus Alfonso D. Datu;Jana Patricia M. Valdez;Ronnel B. King

  • Psychological capital bolsters motivation, engagement, and achievement: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Ronnel Bornasal King;Jana Patricia M. Valdez

  • Development and validation of the Triarchic Model of Grit Scale (TMGS): Evidence from Filipino undergraduate students

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Man Tak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Psychological Capital Predicts Academic Engagement and Well-Being in Filipino High School Students

    Jesus Alfonso D. Datu;Jana Patricia M. Valdez

  • Student engagement and its association with academic achievement and subjective well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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  • Grit is Associated with Lower Depression via Meaning in Life among Filipino High School Students

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Ronnel Bornasal King;Jana Patricia Millonado Valdez;Maria Susie Eala

  • The Triarchic Model of Grit Is Linked to Academic Success and Well-Being among Filipino High School Students.

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Subjective well-being is reciprocally associated with academic engagement: A two-wave longitudinal study.

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Ronnel Bornasal King

  • Beyond Passion and Perseverance: Review and Future Research Initiatives on the Science of Grit.

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu

  • Forgiveness, Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being Among Filipino Adolescents

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu

  • Gratitude and life satisfaction among Filipino adolescents: The mediating role of meaning in life

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Nino Jose Mateo

  • Grit and determination: A review of literature with implications for theory and research

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Sense of relatedness is linked to higher grit in a collectivist setting

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu

  • Flourishing is Associated with Higher Academic Achievement and Engagement in Filipino Undergraduate and High School Students

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu

  • Can Early Childhood Curriculum Enhance Social-Emotional Competence in Low-Income Children? A Meta-Analysis of the Educational Effects

    Weipeng Yang;Jesus Alfonso D. Datu;Xunyi Lin;Michelle Marie Lau

  • Academic buoyancy, academic motivation, and academic achievement among filipino high school students

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Weipeng Yang

  • Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age.

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  • The effects of gratitude and kindness on life satisfaction, positive emotions, negative emotions, and COVID-19 anxiety: An online pilot experimental study.

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Jana Patricia Millonado Valdez;Dennis Michael Mcinerney;Ryan Francis Cayubit

  • Flourishing is Associated with Achievement Goal Orientations and Academic Delay of Gratification in a Collectivist Context

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Charlie E. Labarda;Charlie E. Labarda;Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga

  • Exploring Determination for Long-Term Goals in a Collectivist Context: a Qualitative Study

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Man Tak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Which emotional profiles exhibit the best learning outcomes? A person-centered analysis of students’ academic emotions

    Fraide A. Ganotice;Jesus Alfonso D. Datu;Ronnel Bornasal King

  • The Successful Life of Gritty Students: Grit Leads to Optimal Educational and Well-Being Outcomes in a Collectivist Context

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Jana Patricia M. Valdez;Ronnel Bornasal King

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnel B. King
Ronnel B. King Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mantak Yuen
Mantak Yuen University of Hong Kong
Allan B. I. Bernardo
Allan B. I. Bernardo De La Salle University
Dennis M. McInerney
Dennis M. McInerney Education University of Hong Kong
Ruut Veenhoven
Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam
Maria José Chambel
Maria José Chambel University of Lisbon
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Sebastiaan Rothmann North-West University
Akihito Shimazu
Akihito Shimazu Keio University
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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