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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhong, Chuxian
• Wang, Meng-Cheng
• Shou, Yiyun
• Ren, Fen
• Zhang, Xintong
• Li, Mingshu
• Yang, Wendeng
• Datu, Jesus Alfonso Daep

Titel

Assessing construct validity of the Grit-S in Chinese employees

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2018-12, Vol.13 (12), p.e0209319-e0209319

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This research examined the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S) in Chinese insurance employees (N = 2,363; 37% males; mean age = 35.14). Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to determine the factor structure of the Grit-S. The resulting model was tested by multi-group CFA for the factorial invariance of the Grit-S across genders and age groups. Results showed that the Grit-S could be best explained by a two-factor model containing consistency of interest (α = .70) and perseverance of effort (α = .75). The factor model was equivalent across genders and age groups. The scores of the Grit-S were significantly correlated with external criteria variables including mental wellbeing and job performance. Overall, our findings suggested that the Grit-S can be a promising assessment of the grit trait in Chinese employees.