Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The Grit Scale measures the extent to which individuals are able to maintain focus and interest, and persevere in obtaining long-term goals. It has 8-item, 10-item, and 12-item versions.
Content
Grades
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Chinese
Other
Other Language/s
French, German
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
5 minutes
Administration
Computer
Paper
Access and Use
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Cormier, D. L., Dunn, J. G., & Dunn, J. C. (2019). Examining the domain specificity of grit. Personality and Individual Differences, 139, 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.11.026
Egalite, A. J., Mills, J. N., & Greene, J. P. (2015). The softer side of learning: Measuring students’ non-cognitive skills. Improving Schools, 19(1), 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/1365480215616313
Kannangara, C. S., Allen, R. E., Waugh, G., Nahar, N., Khan, S. Z. N., Rogerson, S., & Carson, J. (2018). All that glitters is not grit: Three studies of grit in university students. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01539
Psychometrics
Scoring
Computer scoring
Manual scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
Psychometric References
Areepattamannil, S., & Khine, M. S. (2018). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the original grit scale using Rasch analysis in an Arab adolescent sample. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(8), 856-862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282917719976
Karaman, M. A., Vela, J. C., Aguilar, A. A., Saldana, K., & Montenegro, M. C. (2018). Psychometric properties of U.S.-Spanish versions of the grit and resilience scales with a Latinx population. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 41(1), 125–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-018-9350-2
Item Type
Likert
