According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of global anxiety and depression increased by 25% (WHO, 2022). The long-term reception of a great number of messages with negative emotions is easy to accumulate psychological burden and the continuous chronic pressure is generated, in this way it is particularly critical to cultivate college students' grit. To address this issue, we propose a clear distinction between background factors and grit as an outcome.
The purpose of this research was to compile a grit scale for college students, conducted pretests and formal tests, and explore the impact of the performance of college students' grit. Descriptive statistics, t-test, etc. were used to analyze the impact of students' personal background factors on college students' grit, explanation and relative influence.
The main results of this research were as followed:
1. The formal questionnaire were good at cumulative explanatory power, reliability and validity.
2.The Cronbach α coefficients of the subscales of the Perseverance Scale were as follows: "Persistence of Effort" was .825, and "Stability of Interest" was .795. From the two subscales, the α coefficients were both above .70, indicating that each level had good reliability.
3. The grit scale of college students at different levels could predict the overall psychological resilience.
Based on the findings, suggestions were made for the authorities concerned, schools, teachers, future research and psychological resilience teaching practice were proposed.

Authors:
Pin Chen Huang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Hsiu-Shuang Huang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Hui-Ping Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Shang-Liang Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Pin Chen Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and the Center for Teacher Education at National University of Tainan. She also serves as Secretary to the Director of the Tainan City Government Education Bureau.

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