Development and validation of the short Grit Scale (Grit-S)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a   Quinn, Patrick D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 61649113461     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802634290     Document Type: Article

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