An international validation of the Bolton Unistride Scale (BUSS) of tenacity

Chathurika Sewwandi Kannangara; Rosie Allen; Kevin D. Hochard; Jerome Carson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264889

An international validation of the Bolton Unistride Scale (BUSS) of tenacity

Chathurika Sewwandi Kannangara, Rosie Allen, Kevin D. Hochard Jerome Carson

PloS one, Vol.17(3), e0264889

11/03/2022

: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264889

Psychology

Academic success at University is increasingly believed to be a combination of personal characteristics like grit, resilience, strength-use, self-control, mind-set and wellbeing. The authors have developed a short 12-item measure of tenacity, the Bolton Uni-Stride Scale (BUSS) which incorporates these elements. Previous work in the UK had established the reliability and validity of the BUSS. The present paper reports the findings of an International validation of BUSS across 30 countries (n = 1043). Participants completed the BUSS alongside other recognised scales. Factor analysis revealed an almost identical two-factor solution to previous work and the reliability and validity of the scale were supported using an international sample. The authors recommend however that the scale be used as a single score combining all 12 items. In the light of this, the authors suggest that the BUSS will be a useful measure to incorporate in studies of academic attainment.

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: An international validation of the Bolton Unistride Scale (BUSS) of tenacity
: Chathurika Sewwandi Kannangara - University of Greater Manchester
Rosie Allen - University of Greater Manchester
Kevin D. Hochard - University of Chester
Jerome Carson - University of Greater Manchester
: PloS one, Vol.17(3), e0264889
: PLOS
: text
: Funder: University of Bolton
: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting information files (An International Validation of BUSS Dataset.sav)
: 999446908841; 1932-6203
: © 2022 Kannangara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
: UoA 4: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Psychology
: English
: Journal article
: 19/02/2022
: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264889|https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8916625|https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8916625?pdf=render