The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator
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 2...
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| author | Jie Li Mengyuan Fang Wangshuai Wang Gong Sun Zhiming Cheng |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f972b2f9050b44b79165af800dc8a6382022-12-21T22:40:13ZengUbiquity PressPsychologica Belgica0033-28792054-670X2018-04-01581516610.5334/pb.400285The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a MediatorJie Li0Mengyuan Fang1Wangshuai Wang2Gong Sun3Zhiming Cheng4School of Management, Shanghai University, ShanghaiSchool of Management, Shanghai University, ShanghaiSchool of Management, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, ShanghaiDepartment of Marketing, Central University of Finance and Economics, BeijingSocial Policy Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, New South Wales; and Centre for Social Research in Health, The University of New South Wales, New South WalesImproving 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.https://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/400gritself-esteemlife satisfactionmediationChina |
| spellingShingle | Jie Li Mengyuan Fang Wangshuai Wang Gong Sun Zhiming Cheng The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator Psychologica Belgica grit self-esteem life satisfaction mediation China |
| title | The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator |
| title_full | The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator |
| title_short | The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator |
| title_sort | influence of grit on life satisfaction self esteem as a mediator |
| topic | grit self-esteem life satisfaction mediation China |
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