The purpose of this study was to examine the model structure, reliability, and validity of the Grit-S for veterans with mental illnesses. Method: A total of 156 veterans with mental illnesses (M age ϭ 37.85, SD ϭ 10.74) were recruited from Amazon MTurk to complete an online survey consisting of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), the Brief Resilience Scale, the PERMA-Profiler, the Patient Health Question-naireϪ9, and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II. Results: Results revealed that grit is a multidimensional construct in veterans with mental illnesses. The Grit-S was found to have acceptable reliability and concurrent validity. Grit was found to be negatively associated with functional disability in veterans with mental illnesses after controlling for demographic variables. Conclusions and Implications:The Grit-S is a multidimensional, reliable, and valid scale for measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses. Impact and ImplicationsThis study confirms that grit is a multidimensional construct in veterans with mental illnesses. The Short Grit Scale is a reliable and valid scale for measuring grit in veterans with mental illnesses. Grit was found to be associated with higher levels of well-being and resilience and lower levels of depression and functional disability. Future research is needed to develop an empirical grit intervention for veterans with mental illnesses.

Our team recently examined the 2012 doctoral dissertation research in our field. This article continues a series of annual reviews of rehabilitation doctoral dissertation research. In 2013, there were a total of 22 doctoral dissertations completed from identified doctoral programs in rehabilitation counseling. Dissertations were organized by research topic, methodology used, model, and statistical analysis, and an annotated bibliography was provided. The analysis also included institutional productivity and trends in employment outcomes for doctoral graduates. Findings of the current analysis demonstrated that majority of the studies consisted of quantitative descriptive research designs. Compared to analyses from previous years, in 2013, advanced statistics were used at the highest rate since 2005. The proportion of dissertations focusing on professional issues topics was greater than any of the prior reporting periods. Implications for the practice of rehabilitation counseling, education, and future research are discussed.