The relationship of self-efficacy, motivation, grit and resilience with well-being in adolescents: A model test

With the emergence of positive psychology approach, it has become widespread to examine the variables related to well-being and happiness levels of individuals and to develop and implement well-being enhancing programs. The positive psychology perspective started to be accepted in the field of education in time and it became important to increase the well-being of the students within the framework of positive youth development. Therefore, investigating well-being levels and determining the variables that affect well-being gains more importance in recetn years. The aim of this research is; determining the relationship between academic self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, perseverance and resilience with well-being and to test a hypothetical model developed based on the literature for explaining of how these variables affect the well-being. The study group consisted of 600 adolescents (300 male and 300 females) from different high schools in Van province under the Ministry of National Education. Participants from different grade levels and department types participated to the study. For data collection, Self-Efficacy Scale for Children, Scale for Motivation to Study Lesson for Adolescents, Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale (EPDS), Short Grit Scale and Five-Dimensional Well-Being Scale for Adolescents: EPOCH scales were used. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and Structural Equation Modeling were used for data analysis. As a result of the research, it was revealed that there were significant positive relationships between self-efficacy, motivation, grit, resilience and well-being. Findings regarding the differentiation of variables by gender shows that; participants resilience, motivayion, self-efficacy levels differs in terms of gender. According to the findings regarding the differentiation of variables by gender, it was found that well-being, resilience, self-efficacy and motivation levels of the participants differed significantly according to gender. Resilience and motivation levels of females were higher than males, and males' well-being and self-efficacy scores were higher than females. Findings for the analysis of the hypothetical model showed that the proposed hypothetic model has perfect fit indices, academic self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation increased the level of grit and resilience, and these two variables increased the well-being levels of individuals. Various findings were presented to researchers and practitioners working in schools and mental health settings within the framework of findings.