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Grit and Different Aspects of Well-being: Direct and Indirect Effects via Sense of Coherence and Authenticity

Tiittanen, Mia LU (2014) PSYP01 20141
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Grit, the “passion and perseverance for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087) is strongly related to success in goal attainment even under challenging circumstances. The current thesis investigated how grit relates to three aspects of well-being: psychological well-being (PWB), life satisfaction, and harmony in life. This relationship is approached through the organismic valuing theory, which proposes that people are naturally motivated to grow towards their highest potential; grit is proposed as being akin to such growth motivation. In two studies (Study 1 with 196 university students, and Study 2 with 396 non-students), structural equation modeling was employed to test for direct and indirect effects... (More)
Grit, the “passion and perseverance for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087) is strongly related to success in goal attainment even under challenging circumstances. The current thesis investigated how grit relates to three aspects of well-being: psychological well-being (PWB), life satisfaction, and harmony in life. This relationship is approached through the organismic valuing theory, which proposes that people are naturally motivated to grow towards their highest potential; grit is proposed as being akin to such growth motivation. In two studies (Study 1 with 196 university students, and Study 2 with 396 non-students), structural equation modeling was employed to test for direct and indirect effects between grit and well-being. Sense of coherence (SOC) and authenticity were used as mediators, and gender as a moderator. As expected, grit was highly positively related to all well-being factors, and SOC and authenticity were highly significant mediators (partial for PWB and full for life satisfaction and harmony). This suggests that being gritty about one’s goal pursuits requires both a sense that the world is coherent and an authentic connection with the self in order for it to fully benefit well-being. Two gender-moderated differences were found: in both studies, men showed a stronger direct effect between grit and well-being (in Study 1, between grit and harmony; in Study 2, between grit and PWB) even after the mediators were controlled for. Therefore, some preliminary indications of gender differences between grit and well-being were found. (Less)
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author
Tiittanen, Mia LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYP01 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Gender., Organismic valuing theory, Authenticity, Sense of coherence, Harmony, Life satisfaction, Psychological well-being, Grit
language
English
id
4499572
date added to LUP
2014-07-15 13:42:47
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2014-07-15 13:42:47
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  abstract     = {{Grit, the “passion and perseverance for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087) is strongly related to success in goal attainment even under challenging circumstances. The current thesis investigated how grit relates to three aspects of well-being: psychological well-being (PWB), life satisfaction, and harmony in life. This relationship is approached through the organismic valuing theory, which proposes that people are naturally motivated to grow towards their highest potential; grit is proposed as being akin to such growth motivation. In two studies (Study 1 with 196 university students, and Study 2 with 396 non-students), structural equation modeling was employed to test for direct and indirect effects between grit and well-being. Sense of coherence (SOC) and authenticity were used as mediators, and gender as a moderator. As expected, grit was highly positively related to all well-being factors, and SOC and authenticity were highly significant mediators (partial for PWB and full for life satisfaction and harmony). This suggests that being gritty about one’s goal pursuits requires both a sense that the world is coherent and an authentic connection with the self in order for it to fully benefit well-being. Two gender-moderated differences were found: in both studies, men showed a stronger direct effect between grit and well-being (in Study 1, between grit and harmony; in Study 2, between grit and PWB) even after the mediators were controlled for. Therefore, some preliminary indications of gender differences between grit and well-being were found.}},
  author       = {{Tiittanen, Mia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Grit and Different Aspects of Well-being: Direct and Indirect Effects via Sense of Coherence and Authenticity}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}