Abstract
Recent studies have associated parental grit with a range of desirable psychological and parenting-related outcomes, such as parental emotional exhaustion and parenting goals. However, within the Chinese context, the assessment and study of parental grit remain in a nascent stage. To contribute to advancing this field, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of a Chinese Grit Scale (CGS)—a general measure of trait-level grit—in a sample of Chinese parents. Cross-sectional data from 423 Chinese parents (mean age = 35.37 years; SD = 4.92; 69% mothers) were analyzed. This study assessed the scale's factor structure, reliability, measurement invariance across gender, and criterion-related validity. The results indicate that the CGS is multidimensional with satisfactory model fit, and demonstrates good internal consistency, gender invariance, and good criterion-related validity with other well-established measures of life satisfaction, resilience, parenting stress, and depressive symptoms. This study provides robust empirical evidence that the CGS is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring parental grit from a multidimensional perspective in Chinese populations, making it a valuable tool for future family and clinical research.
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