Grit and Perceived Social Support among Dancers

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Hitha R and Anagha S (Department of Psychology, ST PAULS COLLEGE, Bengaluru, Karnataka)

Grit refers to being passionate, determined, and resilient in achieving one’s goals despite hardships and obstacles. On the other hand, perceived social support is one’s subjective view of how they are supported, valued, and cared for by their social network. This research aimed to find out if there is any relationship between grit and perceived social support among dancers, and subsequently also determine if there are gender differences noted between the two constructs. Responses of 49 participants aged 18 to 25 years were taken. Grit was measured using the Grit Scale developed by Duckworth and Quinn in 2009. The grit scale consisted of grit scores, consistency of interest, perseverance of interest, brief grit scale scores, and ambition. For Perceived Social Support, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support by Zimet et al. (1998) was used. The multidimensional perceived social support scale included the mean score of the total scale, as well as the significant others, family, and friends. Based on the normality & homogeneity test results, the Mann-Whitney U test was conducted to analyse the mean differences between the two constructs being studied. Spearman’s correlation test was also performed to check for the presence of any relationship between the two variables. The results indicated no significant gender differences in grit and perceived social support. There is a very low positive correlation between constituents of grit with perceived social support and its subscales.