The construct of academic hardiness has gained attention in recent literature as an antecedent of successful academic performance and enrollment in higher education. Although academic hardiness scales have been validated for use with elementary and high school students, none have been examined in college students. The current study investigated the factor structure of the Revised Academic Hardiness Scale using two college student samples. Exploratory analyses found a five-factor structure in a sample of 454 students at a large university. Confirmatory analyses indicated adequate to good model fit for this solution in a sample of 160 students at a small college
