The Psychometric Properties of the Grit-O Scale Within the Twente Region in Netherlands : An ICM-CFA vs. ESEM Approach

Llewellyn E. VAN ZYL; Chantal OLCKERS; Lara C. ROLL

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00796

The Psychometric Properties of the Grit-O Scale Within the Twente Region in Netherlands : An ICM-CFA vs. ESEM Approach

Llewellyn E. VAN ZYL^*, Chantal OLCKERS, Lara C. ROLL

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Psychology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	796
Number of pages	17
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00796
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2020

Bibliographical note

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.

Keywords

confirmatory factor analysis
exploratory structural equation modeling
grit
invariance testing
psychometric properties
validity

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