Grit & mental wellbeing among emerging adults

Grit can be defined as perseverance & passion for long-term goals which is directly proportional to achieve success in work & life whereas Mental Well-being is a complex construct that covers both psychological & affect functioning. The objective of research was to examine the relationship between grit and mental wellbeing among emerging adults and whether there are gender differences in the levels of grit & mental well being among them. The quantitative correlational research design was utilized in this study to understand the relationship between the variables, grit, mental wellbeing & gender. The number of participants comprised of 178 college students (males=102, females=76) whose age ranged from 18 to 22 years. The Short Grit Scale (2009) & Edinburg's Mental Well Being Scale (2007) were administered for collecting data. The obtained data was analyzed by SPSS software using Correlation and Independent sample t-test. The results of study reveal that significant difference was found between males & females based on levels of grit where males scored higher on grit in the Indian context whereas no gender differences were found in mental wellbeing. While there was no relationship found between grit & mental well being among emerging adults.