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

  • 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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