Curiosity saved the cat: socio-emotional skills mediate the relationship between parental support and career exploration

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Beatriz Marcelo¹  Filipa Bértolo¹  Olímpio Paixão¹  Suzi Rodrigues¹  Vítor Gamboa² 

[1] Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal;Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal;Research Center for Psychological Science, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal;

关键词: career exploration;    parental support;    curiosity;    socio-emotional;    skills mediation analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1195534

 received in 2023-03-28, accepted in 2023-09-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

According to career literature, greater parental support seems to be associated with higher levels of career exploration. This relationship may be mediated by self-regulatory processes, such as social–emotional skills, as curiosity. However, despite the large number of empirical studies that analyze the antecedents of career exploration, there are no references, to our knowledge, to the role of socio-emotional skills. Following this gap, the present study aims to examine the extent to which perceived parental support is associated with career exploration through the mediating effect of curiosity (socio-emotional skill), among a group of 8th and 9th grade students from public schools in southern Portugal (N = 540). An integrated model was conducted using AMOS 20.0 and the results revealed that curiosity is a partial mediator of the relationship between perceived parental support and career exploration. These results highlight the importance of considering socio-emotional skills (such as curiosity) when designing interventions to foster adaptive career behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed to open the opportunity to progressively extend the participation of proximal contexts (e.g., families) to career and socio-emotional skills development processes.

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