Should grit be our educational goal? The relationship between grit and the mental well-being of youth in North-Eastern Poland

• Authors: Marcin Kolemba , Tomasz Bajkowski

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the relationship between the grit factor and the mental well-being of young people recruited from high school students in Podlaskie Voivodeship (n = 275). The study was conducted using the Short Grit Scale (SGS) by A.L. Duckworth, the Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWBS) by C. Ryff and the Cantril’s Ladder of Life Scale. The obtained results indicate significant positive relationships of grit with the current assessment of the quality of life and mental well-being in each of the six dimensions measured with C. Ryff’s PWBS tool (autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance). Since grit is a construct showing positive relationships with well-being and quality of life and a modifiable one – it can be shaped at an early stage of development – it should be considered as an important element when drawing future educational plans.

Keywords

EN

grit; mental well-being; education; youth; borderline

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Edukacja Międzykulturowa
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 153-163

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Marcin Kolemba

• University of Białystok

• https://orcid.org/0000000198848672

author

Tomasz Bajkowski

• University of Białystok

• https://orcid.org/0000000349318637

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/em.2022.04.10

Biblioteka Nauki

2187217