Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 1 · id grit-c1-07-grit-was-a-better-predictor-of

“Grit was a better predictor of Beast Barracks completion than the Whole Candidate Score, which is the single best predictor West Point has for four-year graduation.”

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Duckworth et al. (2007), JPSP 92(6)DOI registry: valid

Grit predicted completion of the rigorous summer training program at West Point better than the Whole Candidate Score, which is the best predictor of four-year graduation.

PMC (2024): Grit and uncertainty at West Pointsource alive

Replicating prior findings, grit predicted retention during Beast Barracks training at West Point.

Crede et al. (2017), meta-analysissource alive

Grit's correlation with military retention was modest (rho = .18), indicating a small-to-medium effect size.

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