Suzuki Yuhei, Tamesue Dai, Asahi Kentaro, Ishikawa Yoshiki
Campus for H, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
PLoS One. 2015 Sep 3;10(9):e0137501. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137501. eCollection 2015.
Grit, defined as perseverance of effort and consistency of interest, has attracted attention as a predictor of success in various fields beyond IQ and the Big Five personality dimension of Conscientiousness. The purpose of the current study was to examine previously uninvestigated questions regarding grit using a cross-sectional design among a large number of working adults in Japan. First, we tested geographical generalizability of associations between grit and orientations towards happiness by comparing previous studies in the U.S. and the current study in Japan. It was confirmed that orientation towards meaning rather than orientation towards engagement had a stronger positive correlation with grit in our sample of Japanese people. This result is inconsistent with previous studies in the U.S. Furthermore, the Big Five dimension of Openness to Experience was newly confirmed as having a positive association with grit. Second, we examined the association between grit and work engagement, which is considered as an outcome indicator for work performance. In this analysis, grit was a strong predictor for work performance as well as academic performance.
毅力,被定义为努力的坚持不懈和兴趣的一致性,作为智商和尽责性这一“大五”人格维度之外各个领域成功的预测指标,已经引起了关注。本研究的目的是在日本大量在职成年人中采用横断面设计,研究此前未被调查过的关于毅力的问题。首先,我们通过比较美国以往的研究和日本当前的研究,检验了毅力与幸福取向之间关联的地理普遍性。结果证实,在我们的日本样本中,意义取向而非参与取向与毅力有更强的正相关。这一结果与美国以往的研究不一致。此外,“大五”人格维度中的开放性体验被新证实与毅力存在正相关。其次,我们研究了毅力与工作投入之间的关联,工作投入被视为工作绩效的一个结果指标。在该分析中,毅力是工作绩效以及学业成绩的一个强有力的预测指标。