{"id":53369,"date":"2021-10-27T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=53369"},"modified":"2021-11-07T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:56:01","slug":"angela-duckworth-grit-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/angela-duckworth-grit-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Duckworth&#8217;s Grit Test: Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is Angela Duckworth&#8217;s grit test in <em>Grit <\/em>actually useful? What are some criticisms of the grit test?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her book <em>Grit, <\/em>Angela Duckworth put together a grit test to measure where you are on the grit scale\u2014in other words, to see how gritty you are. However, many psychologists have critiqued her test for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Angela Duckworth&#8217;s grit test and its critiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Measuring Grit: The Grit Test<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you measure grit? Duckworth quantifies grit through a self-assessment that she developed. You can take it yourself and see how much grit you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The book covers only 10 items, but the quiz we\u2019re including below is an adaptation of the original 12-item <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/grit-test\/\">Grit Scale<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2007-07951-009\">Duckworth\u2019s landmark 2007 study<\/a>. You can find this test, and a shorter, 8-question version, on her <a href=\"https:\/\/angeladuckworth.com\/research\/\">website<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For each statement, answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not at all like me<\/li><li>Not much like me<\/li><li>Somewhat like me<\/li><li>Mostly like me<\/li><li>Very much like me<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12 statements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have achieved a goal that took years of work.<\/li><li>I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/setbacks-in-life\/\">overcome setbacks<\/a> to conquer an important challenge.<\/li><li>I finish whatever I begin.<\/li><li>Setbacks don\u2019t discourage me.<\/li><li>I am a hard worker.<\/li><li>I am diligent.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\"><li>I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.<\/li><li>New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones.<\/li><li>I become interested in new pursuits every few months.<\/li><li>My interests change from year to year.<\/li><li>I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.<\/li><li>I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first six questions, score your choices as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not at all like me = 1<\/li><li>Not much like me = 2<\/li><li>Somewhat like me = 3<\/li><li>Mostly like me = 4<\/li><li>Very much like me = 5<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second six questions, score your choices as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not at all like me = 5<\/li><li>Not much like me = 4<\/li><li>Somewhat like me = 3<\/li><li>Mostly like me = 2<\/li><li>Very much like me = 1<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now add up your score\u2014there\u2019s a possible total of 60. Then divide that by 10. The higher your score, then the more grit you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the approximate percentiles of grit across the population:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The 10th percentile, or well below average, has a grit score of 3.0.<\/li><li>The 50th percentile, or average, has a grit score of 4.6.<\/li><li>The 80th percentile, or above average, has a grit score of 5.2<\/li><li>The 99th percentile, or the very top, has a grit score of 5.9<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Angela Duckworth&#8217;s grit test measures both perseverance and passion. The first six questions deal with perseverance\u2014your ability to persist through obstacles. The second questions deal with passion\u2014how consistently you maintain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-are-you-curious-about\/\">your interests<\/a> over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duckworth notes that many people score higher in perseverance than in passion.<\/strong> It seems to be easier for most people to work hard than to maintain a consistent focus. It\u2019s easy to get attracted to a new idea. It\u2019s hard to maintain that passion over a consistent period of time without giving up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Critiques of Angels Duckworth\u2019s Grit Test<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of psychologists have critiqued Duckworth\u2019s test. One criticism notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/research-scholars-to-air-problems-with-using-grit-at-school\/\">the way she frames the questions affects the answers<\/a>\u2014in order to score high, a respondent must answer the perseverance questions in the affirmative but the passion questions in the negative. For example, for \u201cI am diligent,\u201d they would have to respond, \u201cVery much like me,\u201d but for \u201cMy interests change from year to year,\u201d they would have to respond, \u201cNot at all like me.\u201d Studies that adjusted the questions so that all questions required an affirmative answer for the high score returned very different results, suggesting that Duckworth\u2019s data was based on a faulty methodology that didn\u2019t actually capture her subjects\u2019 mindsets accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another criticism argues that even though Duckworth sets out to measure both perseverance and passion, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/25397556\/Much_Ado_about_Grit_A_Meta_Analytic_Synthesis_of_the_Grit_Literature\">really only measures perseverance<\/a>. Duckworth herself has expressed regret at not including questions that better examined a person\u2019s long-term goals and acknowledged that the test correlates more strongly with traits of conscientiousness than passion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third line of criticism objects to the inclusion of passion-focused questions at all. This argument claims that subsequent research has revealed a strong correlation between perseverance and success but no such correlation between passion and success. In fact, some studies suggest that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/amymorin\/2016\/02\/06\/study-having-too-much-grit-could-actually-cause-you-to-fail\/?sh=5abd42038311\">single-minded focus on an unchanging goal corresponds with lower rates of success<\/a>, possibly because people in this mindset have trouble recognizing when it\u2019s time to change direction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics in this camp note that as long as a person isn\u2019t constantly changing her mind, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/550188\/range-by-david-epstein\/\">there doesn\u2019t seem to be an advantage in sticking with a goal indefinitely<\/a>. And it\u2019s worth remembering that Duckworth herself changed careers twice\u2014she started out in management consulting, then moved to teaching high school math, and then went into psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth line of criticism builds on that third objection, arguing that Duckworth\u2019s test actually measures <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-09-validity-psychological-grit-scale.html\">two separate traits that aren\u2019t correlated<\/a>. Studies show that perseverance and passion are distinct characteristics that don\u2019t affect each other. A person can have high perseverance but low passion, and vice versa. Thus, critics in this camp suggest <em>grit<\/em> doesn\u2019t actually exist as she describes it, but it\u2019s instead a combination of two separate qualities.<br>To these critics, Duckworth might reply that they\u2019re missing the point. While it\u2019s true that people might have varying levels of either perseverance or passion and that these qualities can vary independently of one another, <em>grit<\/em> measures where they collide, and in the end, it\u2019s the people who have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/good-work-ethic-traits\/\">strong work ethic<\/a> and the passion to sustain that ethic over the long haul who will be more successful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Angela Duckworth&#8217;s grit test in Grit actually useful? What are some criticisms of the grit test? In her book Grit, Angela Duckworth put together a grit test to measure where you are on the grit scale\u2014in other words, to see how gritty you are. However, many psychologists have critiqued her test for a number of reasons. 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