An Iowa State University professor says recent research  “overstates” the importance of having the personal attribute of grit.

 

That’s Marcus Credé, a psychology professor at I-S-U. He says it’s been about nine years since research began to suggest grit was a novel and unique predictor of success, so Credé, an I-S-U grad student and a University of Alabama professor began to dig deeper.

Credé says grit appears to just be the “re-labeling” of a personality trait psychologists have been studying for 50 years.

 

Credé’s research will be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research suggests data from a 2007 study of West Point cadets “misinterpreted” the significance of grit.