| Scale/ Subscale | Rural Primary | Rural Specialty | Nonrural Primary | Nonrural Specialty | F | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Mean (SD) | No. | Mean (SD) | No. | Mean (SD) | No. | Mean (SD) | |||
| Grit scale | 81 | 3.29 (0.35) | 60 | 3.30 (0.28) | 165 | 3.26 (0.31) | 230 | 3.31 (0.36) | 0.68 | .57 |
| Consistency of interest | 84 | 2.39 (0.65) | 62 | 2.35 (0.52) | 167 | 2.44 (0.60) | 236 | 2.37 (0.61) | 0.52 | .67 |
| Perseverance of effort | 83 | 4.14 (0.43) | 62 | 4.23 (0.38) | 166 | 4.09* (0.52) | 232 | 4.25* (0.44) | 4.25 | .006 |
| Brief grit | 84 | 3.23 (0.34) | 62 | 3.20 (0.30) | 166 | 3.25 (0.29) | 231 | 3.25 (0.36) | 0.60 | .61 |
| Ambition | 85 | 3.51 (0.45) | 63 | 3.63† (0.42) | 167 | 3.42*† (0.51) | 237 | 3.63* (0.47) | 7.12 | <.001 |
Means with the same superscripts symbols (*nonrural; †rural vs. nonrural) are significantly different at P < .05 based on Bonferroni post hoc comparisons.
SD, standard deviation.