Guerrero Lourdes R, Dudovitz Rebecca, Chung Paul J, Dosanjh Kulwant K, Wong Mitchell D
Division of General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Acad Pediatr. 2016 Apr;16(3):275-81. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.12.016. Epub 2016 Jan 18.
Grit, defined as "working strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress," is strongly associated with academic achievement and life success and may also be associated with health outcomes and behaviors. We examined predictors of grit, and the association between grit and health behaviors among at-risk Latino adolescents.
We analyzed baseline survey data collected in 2013-2014 from a sample of 1270 9th graders in low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles. We examined factors associated with grit and whether grit is associated with substance use and delinquent behaviors, controlling for adolescent and parent sociodemographic factors.
In a sample of mostly Latino adolescents (89.5%), compared to those with low grit, those with high grit had significantly lower odds of alcohol use in the last 30 days (odds ratio 0.30, P < .001), marijuana use (odds ratio 0.21, P < .05), and fighting (odds ratio 0.58, P < .05). Involvement in delinquent behavior was also lower (β = -0.71, P < .001). Factors associated with more grit included authoritative parenting style, parental employment, and high self-efficacy scores.
Grit may be an important candidate protective factor against substance use and other risk behaviors among Latino adolescents.
坚毅被定义为“为应对挑战而不懈努力，尽管历经失败、逆境和进展停滞，仍能多年保持努力和兴趣”，它与学业成就和人生成功密切相关，也可能与健康结果及行为有关。我们研究了高危拉丁裔青少年中坚毅的预测因素，以及坚毅与健康行为之间的关联。
我们分析了2013 - 2014年从洛杉矶低收入社区的1270名九年级学生样本中收集的基线调查数据。我们研究了与坚毅相关的因素，以及坚毅是否与物质使用和违法行为有关，并对青少年和家长的社会人口学因素进行了控制。
在一个主要为拉丁裔青少年的样本（89.5%）中，与低坚毅的青少年相比，高坚毅的青少年在过去30天内饮酒的几率显著更低（优势比0.30，P < .001），使用大麻的几率（优势比0.21，P < .05），以及打架的几率（优势比0.58，P < .05）。参与违法行为的情况也更低（β = -0.71，P < .001）。与更高坚毅相关的因素包括权威型养育方式、父母就业和高自我效能得分。
坚毅可能是拉丁裔青少年预防物质使用和其他风险行为的一个重要潜在保护因素。
