Abstract
Abstract Aims: This research aimed to test the relationship among Happiness Orientations and four aspects of social competence: initiation, supportiveness, self-disclosure and assertive, and reveal whether grit is a mediating variable between happiness orientations and social competence. Methods: This study used correlational design. Participants are 380 college students from China, aged 18 to 25. Data was collected by 3 self-report questionnaires: happiness orientations (Peterson et al., 2005), social competence (Peter, 2008) and grit (Duckworth et al., 2007). Results: (1) The dimensions of happiness orientation, the dimensions of social competence and the dimensions of grit are significantly related; (2) Happiness orientation can positive predictive influence to social competence; (3)Grit have a positive predictive influence to social competence; (4) Grit play a fully intermediary role between the happiness orientation and the social competence.
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