Sparking Virtuous Cycles: A Longitudinal Study of Subjective Well-Being and Grit During Early Adolescence
- Authors
- Zhang, T.[Zhang, Tingdan]; Park, D.[Park, Daeun]; Tsukayama, E.[Tsukayama, Eli]; Duckworth, A.L.[Duckworth, Angela L.]; Luo, L.[Luo, Liang]
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Springer
- Keywords
- Early adolescence; Grit; Happiness; Random intercept cross-lagged panel model; Subjective well-being
- Citation
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/108970
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10964-023-01862-y
- ISSN
- 0047-2891
- Abstract
- In cross-sectional research, subjective well-being and grit are found to be positively correlated. Their mutually reinforcing effects are particularly relevant for youth entering early adolescence because, during this developmental period, both well-being and grit have been shown to predict consequential outcomes later in life. However, their mutual relation has not yet been investigated in early adolescence. This study, therefore, examined the possibility of a virtuous cycle linking subjective well-being and grit during early adolescence. Self-report questionnaires of grit and subjective well-being were completed by N = 5291 children in China (47.6% girls; initial M age = 9.69, SD age = 0.59) on six occasions over 3 academic years. In random-intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs), within-person changes in grit predicted within-person changes in subjective well-being 6 months later, and vice versa. Notably, analyses revealed an asymmetry in this cycle: paths from subjective well-being to grit were stronger and more reliable than the converse. Likewise, facet-level analyses showed that the predictive power of the perseverance component (of grit) and the affective component (of subjective well-being), respectively, was greater than the passion and cognitive components, respectively. These findings highlight the potential of boosting happiness for catalyzing positive youth development and, in addition, foreground the utility of studying these composite constructs at the facet level. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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