Does Grit Matter? The Relationship Between Grit and Drinking Behavior Among Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample of Korean Adolescents.
Yunji Han, Yeji Hwang
PMID 40119605WHAT IT FOUND
Adolescents with higher grit were less likely to report drinking in the past year, even after accounting for gender, depression, peer and teacher relationships, other risk behaviors, and social media use.
Key findings
01Higher grit was associated with lower odds of drinking behavior after controlling for other factors.
029.1% of adolescents reported drinking behavior.
03Adolescents who smoked or had sexual intercourse were more likely to report drinking behavior.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show cause and effect. The grit scale had Cronbach's alpha 0.61 in this study, and the authors noted this reliability was not very high. The survey did not include whether friends drank or family history of drinking. Social media was measured only as frequency of use, not exposure to or sharing of alcohol-related content. Drinking, smoking, and sexual intercourse were measured with single yes or no questions.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that grit training will prevent adolescent drinking. The study measured grit and drinking at one time and found an adjusted association.