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Self-regulation and positive traits

Short Grit Scale.

Grit-S

What it measures
grit; perseverance of effort; consistency of interest
Length and format
8 items. 5-point Likert (not at all like me to very much like me); 2 subscales (4+4) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into 20+ languages incl. Spanish, German, Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Cambodian/Khmer, Portuguese
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Duckworth, A. L., & Quinn, P. D. (2009). Development and validation of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S). Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(2), 166-174.

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