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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 51-66 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Psychologica Belgica |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Apr 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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- China
- Grit
- Life satisfaction
- Mediation
- Self-esteem