Career adaptivity mediates longitudinal links between parent-adolescent relationships and young adult occupational attainment.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to illuminate the implications of adolescents' relationships with mothers and fathers for their career development processes and, in turn, their occupational attainment in young adulthood across a 10-12-year period. Grounded in the career construction theory, which highlights adolescence as a significant period of preparation for career attainment and families' role in this process (Savickas, 2013), we tested the mediating effect of adolescent career adaptivity, a fundamental component of career adaptation, in the longitudinal links between mother- and father-adolescent relationship quality and young adult occupational prestige. We also compared mothers' and fathers' roles in these links and tested youth gender moderation. Data came from mothers, fathers, and 236 youth (12

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281338 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature