The Mediating Impact of Parental Support on the Relationship Between Personality and Career Indecision in Adolescents
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Title
The Mediating Impact of Parental Support on the Relationship Between Personality and Career Indecision in Adolescents
Journal
Journal of Career Assessment
ISSN
1069-0727
1552-4590
1552-4590
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Number
4
Pages
601-615
Language
english
Abstract
In the Swiss education system, approximately 55% of adolescents are required to make their first vocational choice at the end of mandatory school. This can induce transitory or long-lasting career indecision that is recognized as being influenced by personal and contextual factors. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between career decision-making difficulties and the five-factor model of personality traits, parental support, and self-esteem in 448 grade nine Swiss adolescents. We then proceeded to test if these relationships vary according to the adolescent’s educational choice (i.e., whether they attend high school or if they choose an apprenticeship or vocational training). Results have highlighted the importance of neuroticism, conscientiousness and parental support to predict career decision-making difficulties. Moreover, parental support mediated the relationships between extraversion and agreeableness (fully), and conscientiousness (partially) and career decision-making difficulties. Finally, the educational choice had no impact on the overall pattern of relationships. Implications for career counselor practices were further discussed.
Keywords
Career indecision, Personality, Self-esteem, Parental support, Educational choice, Adolescence
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Open Access
Yes
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