Examining a Sequential Mediation Model of Chinese University Students’ Well-Being: A Career Construction Perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

Fei Zhu¹  Zijun Cai²  Zheng Huang³  Zhuolin She⁴  Qian Xiang⁵  Ping Wang⁶  Mingke Zhuang⁷ 

[1] Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China;Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia;Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China;School of Government, Peking University, Beijing, China;School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China;

关键词: career construction theory;    career adaptability;    meaning in life;    well-being;    emotions;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00593

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Despite career construction theory attends to individual subjective career and provides a useful lens to study well-being, extant research has yielded limited insights into the mechanisms through which career construction variables influence individual well-being. To address this important gap, the present study examined a mediation model that links indicators of career adaptivity (big-five personality and approach/avoidance traits) to psychological well-being (psychological flourishing and life satisfaction) through career adaptability and in sequent meaning of life (presence of life meaning and search for life meaning) among a sample of Chinese university students (N = 165). The results of a two-wave survey study showed that career adaptability and presence of life meaning mediated the effects of openness to experience, consciousness, approach trait, and avoidance trait on individual well-being in sequence. The results also showed that approach trait’s effect on presence of meaning was partially mediated by career adaptability; career adaptability’s effect on psychological flourishing was partially mediated by presence of meaning. These findings advance understanding of antecedents to individual well-being from a career construction perspective, and carry implications for career education and counseling practices.

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