Research Article
The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator
Authors:
- Jie Li
- Mengyuan FangEmail Mengyuan Fang
- Wangshuai Wang
- Gong Sun
- Zhiming Cheng
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.
- Year: 2018
- Volume: 58 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 51-66
- DOI: 10.5334/pb.400
- Submitted on 11 May 2017
- Accepted on 2 Jan 2018
- Published on 27 Apr 2018
- Peer Reviewed