A Psychometric Investigation of the Short Grit Scale With a Sample of School Counselors

• Published in: Measurement and evaluation in counseling and development Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 151 - 162
• Main Authors: Mullen, Patrick R., Crowe, Allison
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria Routledge 01.01.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Anxiety; Burnout; Confirmatory factor analysis; Coping; Correlation; Counselors; Elementary Secondary Education; Factor Analysis; grit; Likert Scales; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Reliability; Resilience (Psychology); School Counseling; School Counselors; Statistical Analysis; stress; Stress Variables; Test Reliability; Test Validity

We examined the psychometric properties of the Short Grit Scale with a sample of school counselors. The confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a modified 2-factor solution and internal reliability estimates were satisfactory. Furthermore, participants' grit inversely correlated with their str...