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The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Improving people's life satisfaction has become an important goal for many individuals and societies. In this study we investigate how grit influences life satisfaction. We propose that individuals' self-esteem mediates the relationship between grit and life satisfaction. Study 1, with a sample of 243 employees enrolled in a business training course, found that an individual's grit was positively related to life satisfaction and that self-esteem fully mediated this relationship. In Study 2, with 218 full-time employees, self-efficacy, self-control, and self-consciousness were included as mediators, but they did not exceed the power of self-esteem in explaining the relationship between grit and life satisfaction. Implications, limitations and future research directions are discussed.

Source: Psychologica Belgica

DOI: 10.5334/pb.400

Authors: Jie Li, Mengyuan Fang, Wangshuai Wang, Gong Sun, Zhiming Cheng

Institutions: Shanghai University, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, UNSW Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $735

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China