The first factor measured in the Grit-O, consistency of interests , has been defined in the literature as goal- and action-oriented long-term behavior. This is distinct from an individual or situational interest ( Muenks et al., 2017 ). Consistency of interests is assessed via six items on the Grit-O, each measured using a five-point Likert scale: 1) I often set a goal, but later choose to pursue a different one; 2) New ideas and new projects sometimes distract me from previous ones; 3) I become interested in new pursuits every few months; 4) My interests change from year to year; 5) I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest; and 6) I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.
Published in Chapter:
How Children Fail: Exploring Parent and Family Factors That Foster Grit
Emily Hotez (UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch003
Abstract
In recent years, there has been widespread interest across both the research and public sectors in understanding how to promote children's lifelong success in a range of domains. While a focus on promoting success in children remains salient, equally salient in the research is how children fail—specifically, how children prevail in the face of failure, adversity, and other challenges over time. The chapter explores parenting and family factors that predict grit. This chapter investigates a range of parenting and family factors, including demographic characteristics, parenting behaviors and styles, and family cultural and environmental factors. Based on this research, the chapter provides overarching recommendations to researchers seeking to understand grit in a family context.