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Title

Research on the Effect Mechanism of Career-Specific Parental Support Promoting Meaning in Life of Chinese Higher Vocational College Students.

Authors

Wang, Huadi; Liu, Jiawen; Li, Chunyu; Fang, Anqi; Wang, Gongjing

Abstract

Adolescent students' meaning in life is an important topic of research in positive psychology and educational psychology. Meaning in life is of outstanding value to the whole career development of Chinese higher vocational college students (CHVCS), and parental behaviors have a profound impact on CHVCS' meaning in life. In order to explore the mechanism of the role of career-specific parental support in promoting CHVCS' meaning in life from the perspective of career, this study was based on career construction theory (CCT) and investigated 2498 CHVCS. The results showed that (1) career-specific parental support could directly and positively influence meaning in life; (2) core self-evaluations, career exploration, and career adaptability individually played a partially mediating effect in the relationship between career-specific parental support and meaning in life; (3) "core self-evaluations career exploration", "core self-evaluations career adaptability", "career exploration career adaptability", and "core self-evaluations career exploration career adaptability" play a partial chain mediating effect in the relationship between career-specific parental support and meaning in life. This study contributes to meaning in life in CHVCS, enriches career-related research based on CCT, and has important implications for career counseling from a construct perspective.

Subjects

VOCATIONAL guidance; EDUCATIONAL psychology; CAREER development; POSITIVE psychology; VOCATIONAL school students

Publication

Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 12, p1172

ISSN

2076-328X

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/bs14121172