TY - JOUR
T1 - Do grittier people have greater subjective well-being? A meta-analysis
AU - Hou, Xiang Ling
AU - Becker, Nicolas
AU - Hu, Tian Qiang
AU - Koch, Marco
AU - Xi, Ju Zhe
AU - Mõttus, René
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by Grant 202006140084 from China Scholarship Council, Grant 18BSH129 from the National Social Science of Foundation of China, and Grant 20DZ2260300 from Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. The funding sources had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
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PY - 2021/11/22
Y1 - 2021/11/22
N2 - The present study conducted a meta-analysis to examine the relation between grit and subjective well-being (SWB). The association between grit (i.e., overall grit, perseverance of effort, and consistency of interest) and SWB (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, happiness, depression, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and school satisfaction) were synthesized across 83 studies and 66,518 participants. The results based on a random-effects model showed a substantial correlation between overall grit and SWB (ρ =.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [.43,.48]), followed by perseverance of effort (ρ =.38, 95% CI = [.33,.43]) and consistency of interest (ρ =.23, 95% CI = [.17,.28]). The moderator analysis indicated that the correlations between overall grit/consistency of effort and SWB become weaker as age increased, and these links were stronger in affective well-being than in cognitive well-being. Moreover, grit explained unique variance in SWB even after controlling for conscientiousness. Implications and directions for further research are discussed.
AB - The present study conducted a meta-analysis to examine the relation between grit and subjective well-being (SWB). The association between grit (i.e., overall grit, perseverance of effort, and consistency of interest) and SWB (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, happiness, depression, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and school satisfaction) were synthesized across 83 studies and 66,518 participants. The results based on a random-effects model showed a substantial correlation between overall grit and SWB (ρ =.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [.43,.48]), followed by perseverance of effort (ρ =.38, 95% CI = [.33,.43]) and consistency of interest (ρ =.23, 95% CI = [.17,.28]). The moderator analysis indicated that the correlations between overall grit/consistency of effort and SWB become weaker as age increased, and these links were stronger in affective well-being than in cognitive well-being. Moreover, grit explained unique variance in SWB even after controlling for conscientiousness. Implications and directions for further research are discussed.
KW - consistency of interest
KW - grit
KW - meta-analysis
KW - perseverance of effort
KW - subjective well-being
U2 - 10.1177/01461672211053453
DO - 10.1177/01461672211053453
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120444902
SN - 0146-1672
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
ER -