2019, Vol.32, No.3

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.67

pISSN : 1229-0718 / eISSN : 2671-6542
https://journal.kci.go.kr/baldal

We tested the effects of two training programs on emotion recognition functions in children with ADHD. For children with ADHD (9 to 13 years old), an Emotion Understanding Training Program (EUTP) and a Social Skills Training Program (SSTP) were administered for 10 weeks (60 minutes per session, once a week). All participants were tested for their emotion recognition abilities and behavioral problems before and after the programs. Results revealed no significant difference in self-reported emotion recognition and expression scores between EUTP and SSTP groups after the programs. However, significant differences were found between the two groups on emotion recognition sensitivity for positive emotion, as measured by a dynamic facial emotion morphing task. That is, children in the EUTP group showed significant improvement in emotion recognition sensitivity in responding to happy faces, whereas children in the SSTP group failed to show such improvement. Finally, both group showed reduced behavioral problems after training. Based on such findings, implications and limitations of this study and future research directions were discussed.

Grit, enthusiasm and perseverance for achieving important life goal, predict cognitive, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Although prior work on grit has indicated that grit leads to adaptive outcomes, we know relatively little about the longitudinal effects of grit. To address this gap in the literature, we examined whether changes in grit predicted changes in anxiety and school adjustment levels during adolescence. We assessed high school students’ (N=377) leavels of grit, anxiety, and school adjustment twice(six months apart). The results confirmed that an increase in grit predicted a rank-order decrease in anxiety, which in turn predicted a rank-order increase in school adjustment. These findings suggest that improving grit may enhance adolescents’ psychological well-being and school adaptation abilities.

This study explored the effects of grit on emotional, psychological, and social well-being(well-being indicators that form “mental well-being”) and examined whether career calling and job-seeking stress mediate these relationships. The participants were 339 currently unemployed young adults(mean age=22.6, SD=2.7). Grit directly predicted young adults’ emotional, psychological, and social well-being. In addition, career calling significantly mediated the relationships between grit and psychological and social well-being, except that of grit and emotional well-being. Job-seeking stress mediated the relationships between grit and the three types of well-being. These results showed that not only does young adults’ grit promote various states of well-being by strengthening career calling but also by alleviating job-seeking stress. We further discussed the implications of grit for young adults who face various uncertainties and instabilities and its role in career development and the maintenance of well-being.