TY - JOUR
T1 - The Psychometric Properties of the Grit-O Scale Within the Twente Region in Netherlands : An ICM-CFA vs. ESEM Approach
AU - VAN ZYL, Llewellyn E.
AU - OLCKERS, Chantal
AU - ROLL, Lara C.
N1 - The work was supported by the Optentia Research Programme of the North-West University as well as the National Research Foundation’s Rated Researcher Incentive Fund (IFR170123217004). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
PY - 2020/5/7
Y1 - 2020/5/7
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties (i.e., factorial validity, measurement invariance, and reliability) of the Grit-Original scale (Grit-O) within the Netherlands. The Grit-O scale was subjected to a competing measurement modeling strategy that sequentially compared both independent cluster model confirmatory factor analytical- and exploratory structural equation modeling approaches. The results showed that both a two first order, bi-factor structure as well as a less restrictive two factor ESEM factorial structure best-fitted the data. The instrument showed to be reliable at both a lower- (Cronbach’s alpha) and upper-level (composite reliability) limit. However, measurement invariance between genders could only be established for the B-ICM-CFA model. Finally, concurrent validity was established through relating the GRIT-O to task performance. The linear use of the Grit-O scale should therefore carefully be considered.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties (i.e., factorial validity, measurement invariance, and reliability) of the Grit-Original scale (Grit-O) within the Netherlands. The Grit-O scale was subjected to a competing measurement modeling strategy that sequentially compared both independent cluster model confirmatory factor analytical- and exploratory structural equation modeling approaches. The results showed that both a two first order, bi-factor structure as well as a less restrictive two factor ESEM factorial structure best-fitted the data. The instrument showed to be reliable at both a lower- (Cronbach’s alpha) and upper-level (composite reliability) limit. However, measurement invariance between genders could only be established for the B-ICM-CFA model. Finally, concurrent validity was established through relating the GRIT-O to task performance. The linear use of the Grit-O scale should therefore carefully be considered.
KW - confirmatory factor analysis
KW - exploratory structural equation modeling
KW - grit
KW - invariance testing
KW - psychometric properties
KW - validity
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UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.623096/full
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00796
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00796
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
C2 - 32457679
AN - SCOPUS:85085096683
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
SN - 1664-1078
M1 - 796
ER -