Relations between grit, career adaptability, and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model

Abstract Drawing on the career construction model of adaptation, the present study investigates whether grit predicts life satisfaction via career adaptability and how university students’ age moderates this mediated relationship. Using a sample of 338 Turkish university students, the results show that career adaptability mediated the relationships between grit and life satisfaction. Furthermore, the relationship between career adaptability and life satisfaction was stronger among relatively younger university students. University students’ age further moderated the indirect effect of grit on life satisfaction via career adaptability. The indirect effect of grit on life satisfaction was stronger among relatively younger college students. Implications are discussed.