TABLE 3.

Factor loadings and threshold for revised Grit-S (m5).

Item	Item description	Discrimination index		Threshold
		PE	CI	1	2	3	4
Grit_4	Setbacks don’t discourage me.	0.351		–2.203	–0.94	–0.181	1.264
Grit_6	I am a hard worker.	0.803		–2.882	–1.838	–0.923	0.473
Grit_9	I finish whatever I begin.	0.314	0.487	–2.414	–1.45	–0.581	0.853
Grit_12	I am diligent.	0.826		–2.657	–1.656	–0.72	0.864
Grit_2	New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones.		0.509	–1.383	0.007	0.702	1.787
Grit_5	I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.		0.793	–1.966	–0.944	–0.21	1.091
Grit_7	I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.		0.744	–2.091	–0.959	–0.131	1.321
Grit_8	I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.		0.844	–1.992	–0.891	–0.274	1.037
Grit_9	I finish whatever I begin.		0.487	–2.414	–1.45	–0.581	0.853

All discrimination indices (standardized factor loadings) and thresholds are statistically significant at p < 0.001. Thresholds indicated on a standardized latent variable scale (variances of latent variables were fixed to 1). PE, perseverance of effort; CI, consistency of effort.