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Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2016 Feb 11;111(5):780–789. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000089

Table 7.

Genetic (rG), shared environmental (rC) and non-shared environmental (rE) correlations between Grit, Big-5 and GCSE exam grades (95% confidence intervals in parentheses).

rG

C N E O A CoI P GCSE
Conscientiousness C 1.00
Neuroticism (N) −0.38 (−0.69–(−0.36)) 1.00
Extraversion (E) 0.44 (0.28–0.58) −0.61 (−0.90–(−0.41)) 1.00
Openness (O) 0.13 (−0.04–0.30) −0.07 (−0.42–0.17) 0.09 (0.03–0.24) 1.00
Agreeableness (A) 0.47 (0.23–0.68) −0.27 (−0.71–0.13) 0.16 (−0.17–0.39) 0.21 (−0.07–0.48) 1.00
Consistency of Interest (CoI) 0.63 (0.40–0.87) −0.46 (−0.76–(−0.46)) 0.41 (0.16–0.0.68) −0.19 (−0.48–(−0.10) 0.75 (0.65–0.96) 1.00
Perserevance (P) 0.86 (0.76–1.00) −0.37 (−0.63–(−0.31)) 0.47 (0.30–0.68) 0.06 (−0.16–0.17) 0.46 (0.19–0.46) 0.80 (0.58–0.96) 1.00
GCSE core 0.36 (0.22–0.52) 0.10 (−0.10–0.32) 0.04 (−0.11–0.18) 0.14 (−0.01–0.29) −0.02 (−0.25–0. 20) 0.15 (0.11–0.37) 0.33 (0.17–0.50) 1.00
rC

C N E O A CoI P GCSE
Conscientiousness C 1
Neuroticism (N) −0.48 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
Extraversion (E) 0.68 (−.11–1.00) −0.51 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
Openness (O) −0.48 (−1.00–1.00) 0.59 (−1.00–1.00) 0.14 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
Agreeableness (A) 0.99 (−0.05–1.00) −0.49 (−1.00–1.00) 0.75 (−0.74–1.00) −0.40 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
Consistency of Interest (CoI) −0.97 (−1.00–1.00) 0.26 (−1.00–1.00) −0.56 (−1.00–0.88) 0.42 (−1.00–1.00) −0.95 (−0.96–0. 16) 1.00
Perserevance (P) 0.48 (0.31–0.48) −0.81 (−1.00–1.00) 0.05 (−1.00–1.00) −0.95 (−1.00–1.00) 0.42 (−1.00–1. 00) −0.34 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
GCSE core 0.15 (−0.98–1.00) −0.14 (−0.14–1.00) 0.81 (−1.00–1.00) 0.66 (−1.00–1.00) 0.25 (−0.47–0. 25) −0.06 (−0.54–0.62) −0.45 (−1.00–1.00) 1.00
rE

C N E O A CoI P GCSE
Conscientiousness C 1.00
Neuroticism (N) −0.10 (−0.15–(−0.04)) 1.00
Extraversion (E) 0.08 (0.02–0.14) −0.27 (−0.33–(−0.21)) 1.00
Openness O) 0.03 (−0.03–0.09) −0.06 (−0.12–(−0.06)) 0.30 (0.24–0.35) 1.00
Agreeableness (A) 0.23 (0.17–0.28) −0.15 (−0.20–(−0.08)) 0.13 (0.07–0.19) 0.21 (0.15–0.27) 1.00
Consistency of Interest (CoI) 0.18 (0.12–0.18) −0.12 (−0.18–(−0..06)) −0.04 (−0.09–0.02) −0.09 (−0.15–(−0.03)) −0.01 (−0.05–0. 05) 1.00
Perserevance (P) 0.37 (0.32–0.42) −0.27 (−0.26–(−0.21)) 0.17 (0.11–0.23) 0.10 (0.04–0.16) 0.07 (0.06–0.12) 0.12 (0.06–0.18) 1.00
GCSE core 0.25 (0.18–0.32) −0.02 (−0.09–0.05) −0.08 (−0.15–(−0.01)) 0.02 (−0.05–0.02) 0.05 (−0.02–0. 12) 0.04 (−0.04–0.10) 0.15 (0.08–0.23) 1.00