Research on the Development of Youth Grit Program

June 30, 2022  |  Vol.8, No.6  |  PP. 188-201  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Jeong-In Park, Counselling psychology, Kwangju Woman's University, South Korea

KEYWORDS:

Grit Program, Adolescent, Self-efficacy, Future-oriented

Abstract

This study developed a grit program for adolescents The subjects are 12 middle and high school students selected through doing surveys. The program was conducted once or twice a week for a total of 12 sessions, 50 minutes each, from March 2021 to May 2021. In order to measure the effectiveness of the program, data on self-efficacy, intrinsic future-oriented goals, and self-directed learning ability were collected before and after the program. The results of this study are summarized as follows. Adolescents in the experimental group were able to improve their elasticity to persevere toward their vision by looking positively at the inner strength and future that they could face in stressful situations. Therefore, the grit program developed in this study was found to be effective in improving grit for teenagers who are obsessed with academic performance, improving their learning ability and steadily promoting their goals with interest. The grit program is judged to be a useful on improving the grit of adolescents. This study is meaningful since it examines the effectiveness of the youth grit program which aims to promote the well-being and happiness among adolescents.

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Citations:

APA:
Park, J. I. (2022). Research on the Development of Youth Grit Program. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 8(6), 188-201. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2022.06.17

MLA:
Park, Jeong-In, “Research on the Development of Youth Grit Program.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 6, 2022, pp. 188-201. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v8n6/17.html.

IEEE:
[1] J. I. Park, “Research on the Development of Youth Grit Program.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 188-201, June 2022.