Big Five Conscientiousness Of Grit Theory

Grit was first examined and discovered by Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly in 2007. The four define grit as a “newly” discovered personality trait/characteristic that is based upon ones interest/passion and perseverance towards a long term goal (Duckworth et al., 2007). Since that discovery, grit has been studied by many different researchers with hopes in finding relationships with other characteristics and personality traits, whether it be positive or negative correlations (Tomasulo 2014). In order to express the characteristic of grit, one must work vigorously over time to overcome challenges and obtain their goal(s). In some cases, it could take from months up to years of demanding work to approach ones goal(s). The longer that one works displays the amount of patience and perseverance they have working through the difficulty and boredom of the challenges they face (Duckworth et al., 2007). Those who do not have the characteristic of grit, or who shows weak signs of it, allow the difficulty and boredom to get to them, and therefore sets them back in the long run. After long fragments of observing and developmental research, Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly developed a questionnaire that was self-report. They called this questionnaire the Grit Scale. As a result of their research, Duckworth and her colleagues discovered that grit was associated with the “Big Five Conscientiousness” and the capability to accomplish extreme achievements and personal goals throughout one’s life (Duckworth et al., 2007). Other results from the study show that grit is able to predetermine successful outcomes and results …show more content…
Since it is fairly new, there can be advanced studies on its importance and even how it can relate to other positive characteristics and personality traits besides the “Big