The Mediating Effect of Grit in the Relationship between High School Students' Perceived Parenting Attitudes and Life Satisfaction

This study examines weather grit mediates the relationship between high school students' perceptions of parental parenting attitudes and their life satisfaction. To this end, 2,265 first year high school students (as of 2021) were selected as research subjects from the 4th year of the Korea Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018 conducted by the Korea Youth Policy Institute. SPSS 29.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro 4.2 were used to analyze the data. Results of the study are summarized as follows. First, high school students' perceived positive parental parenting attitudes had a significant positive correlation with grit and life satisfaction. Perceived negative parental parenting attitudes had a significant negative correlation with grit and life satisfaction. Grit and life satisfaction had a significant positive correlation. Second, grit had a significant partial mediating effect in the relationship between high school students' perceived positive and negative parental parenting attitudes and life satisfaction. Based on these research results, we confirmed that grit was an important factor in the relationship between high school students' perceived parenting attitudes and life satisfaction and discussed the significance and limitations of the study and suggestions for follow-up research.