The Relationship Between Grit and Mental Well-Being Among Young Adults: The Mediating Effects of Career Calling and Job-Seeking Stress (성인 초기 청년들의 그릿과 정신적 안녕감: 진로소명과 취업스트레스의 매개효과)

Ji-Hye Chung (정지혜); Sujin Yang (양수진)

doi:10.35574/KJDP.2019.09.32.3.37

The Relationship Between Grit and Mental Well-Being Among Young Adults: The Mediating Effects of Career Calling and Job-Seeking Stress

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THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2019, 32(3), pp.37~59
DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2019.09.32.3.37
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
Received : July 15, 2019
Accepted : August 26, 2019
Published : September 15, 2019

Ji-Hye Chung ¹, Sujin Yang ¹

¹이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

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.

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young adults, grit, career calling, job-seeking stress, well-being

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