Academic Grit Scale for Chinese Middle- and Upper-grade Primary School Students: Testing Its Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

Overview

Journal BMC Psychol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Psychology

Date 2024 Mar 15

PMID 38486331

Authors

Rongmao Lin

Yanping Chen

Yilin Shen

Ting Hu

Ying Huang

Yishan Yang

Xueting Yu

Jinliang Ding

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Abstract

The Academic Grit Scale (AGS) is a novel measure of academic-specific grit. However, its factor structure and measurement invariance have yet to be thoroughly supported. The present study tested the factor structure and measurement invariance of the AGS with a large sample of early adolescents (aged 9-14 years) from China (N = 1,894). The bifactor model showed that the AGS was predominately accounted for by the general factor rather than the domain-specific factors; the parallel model from the AGS's one-factor model showed good fit indices; thus, the AGS should be described as a univocal solution and reported as the total score. Gender and grade measurement invariance were supported at a scalar level, warranting further mean difference comparisons. In addition, academic grit was significantly associated with positive academic emotions and academic achievement, yielding evidence of good criteria-related validity. The current study contributes additional evidence to the construct validity of the Chinese version of the AGS among middle- and upper-grade primary school students in China.

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