The impact of parental career deficit on college students' career decision-making difficulties:the chain mediating effect of psychological capital and career exploration
- VernacularTitle:父母生涯缺失对大学生职业决策困难的影响:心理资本和职业探索的链式中介作用
- Author:
Wen CHEN
1
;
Siyu GUO
1
;
Zhihui GUO
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: parental career deficit; career decision-making difficulty; psychological capital; career exploration; chain mediating effect
- From: Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2025;46(4):574-579
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective To investigate the impact of parental career deficit on college students' career decision-making difficulties and analyze the mediating role of psychological capital and career exploration in this relationship.Methods The Perceived Parental Career-Related Behavior Scale,Career Decision-making Difficulty Scale,Psychological Capital Questionnaire,and Career Exploration Inventory were administered to 356 college students.Results Scores of parental career deficit,psychological capital,career exploration,and career decision-making difficulties were 1.84±0.64,4.55±0.77,3.17±0.67,and 5.19±1.12,respectively.Parental career deficit was negatively correlated with psychological capital and career exploration(r=-0.283,r=-0.134,both P＜0.05),but positively correlated with career decision-making difficulties(r=0.373,P＜0.01).The college students'psychological capital was positively correlated with their career exploration(r=0.589,P＜0.01),but negatively correlated with career decision-making difficulties(r=-0.457,P＜0.01).Career exploration was negatively correlated with career decision-making difficulties(r=-0.409,P＜0.01).Bootstrap mediation effect analysis revealed that psychological capital and career exploration acted as chain mediators in the relationship between lack of parental career support and career decision-making difficulties.The value of the chain-mediated effect was 0.068,accounting for 10.38％ of the total effect.Conclusion Parental career deficit not only directly impacts college students' career decision-making difficulties but also indirectly influences these difficulties through their effects on psychological capital and career exploration.
