Relationships between career indecision, search for work self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Italian never-employed young adults
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Viola, Maria Maddalena
Musso, Pasquale
Ingoglia, Sonia
Lo Coco, Alida
Inguglia, Cristiano
Abstract / Description
Although different studies have investigated career choices as cognitive acts of decision-making, non-cognitive components also play an important role. The study tries to develop an empirically based model of career decision-making process linking cognitive (search for work self-efficacy - SWSE) and non-cognitive (psychological well-being - PWB) components. In particular, the study investigates, among 148 never-employed Italian young adults, to what extent the relationship between SWSE and career indecision in terms of lack of readiness (LoR) can be explained by their common relationship with PWB. Results highlighted that SWSE is negatively associated with LoR when considered in absence of PWB. However, when PWB was included in one comprehensive model, it was positively associated with SWSE and negatively related to LoR. Moreover, the presence of PWB nullified the negative association between SWSE and LoR, meaning that PWB shares a large extent of variance with these variables. Implications are discussed in the light of theoretical expectations and limitations.
Keyword(s)
career decision-making career indecision search for work self-efficacy psychological well-being young adultsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-05-31
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
2
Page numbers
231–250
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Viola, M. M., Musso, P., Ingoglia, S., Lo Coco, A., & Inguglia, C. (2017). Relationships between career indecision, search for work self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Italian never-employed young adults. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(2), 231–250. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1277
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Viola, Maria Maddalena
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Musso, Pasquale
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ingoglia, Sonia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lo Coco, Alida
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Inguglia, Cristiano
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2018-11-21T10:00:00Z
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Date of first publication2017-05-31
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Abstract / DescriptionAlthough different studies have investigated career choices as cognitive acts of decision-making, non-cognitive components also play an important role. The study tries to develop an empirically based model of career decision-making process linking cognitive (search for work self-efficacy - SWSE) and non-cognitive (psychological well-being - PWB) components. In particular, the study investigates, among 148 never-employed Italian young adults, to what extent the relationship between SWSE and career indecision in terms of lack of readiness (LoR) can be explained by their common relationship with PWB. Results highlighted that SWSE is negatively associated with LoR when considered in absence of PWB. However, when PWB was included in one comprehensive model, it was positively associated with SWSE and negatively related to LoR. Moreover, the presence of PWB nullified the negative association between SWSE and LoR, meaning that PWB shares a large extent of variance with these variables. Implications are discussed in the light of theoretical expectations and limitations.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationViola, M. M., Musso, P., Ingoglia, S., Lo Coco, A., & Inguglia, C. (2017). Relationships between career indecision, search for work self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Italian never-employed young adults. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(2), 231–250. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1277
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1051
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1243
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1277
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Keyword(s)career decision-makingen_US
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Keyword(s)career indecisionen_US
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Keyword(s)search for work self-efficacyen_US
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Keyword(s)psychological well-beingen_US
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Keyword(s)young adultsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleRelationships between career indecision, search for work self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Italian never-employed young adultsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers231–250
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Volume13
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