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“The Grit Scale can be self-administered and scores are not significantly inflated by social desirability bias.”

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Duckworth & Quinn (2009), JPAsource alive

Consensual validity between self-report and informant-report versions of the Grit-S was demonstrated.

Inside Higher Ed - Doubts about using grit in admissionssource alive

Using grit scores in high-stakes contexts like admissions raises concerns about faking and social desirability, as students can easily identify the 'right' answers on the Grit Scale.

Crede (2018), Educational Researcher - What Shall We Do About Grit?paywalled — manual check queued

Self-report measures of grit are susceptible to faking in high-stakes assessment contexts, limiting their utility for selection purposes.

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