The Influence of the Grit on the Aggression of an Adolescent: Focused on the Mediating Effect of the Social Withdrawal and the Smartphone Addiction

This study’s aim was to prove the indirect effect of the social withdrawal and the smart phone addiction within the direct path which the grit have effected to the aggression of an adolescent. For actualizing this research study, this study have selected a total of 2,384 cases in the first year of middle school from Korean Youth Pannel Survey(KYPS) 3th data(an year of 2020) as an analysis target. And this study have applied the Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) based on the Amos 18.0 as an main analysis method, sobel test for demonstrating the indirect effect. This study have created the following analysis result through the presented research method. First, this study have proved the direct effect that the grit have predicted to the aggression of an adolescent. Second, this study have verified the mediating effect of the social withdrawal and the smart phone addiction. Finally this study have suggested the practical implication associated with reducing the aggression of an adolescent and the suggestion for the prior research through the above analysis result.