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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 adults

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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
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Viola, Maria Maddalena
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Musso, Pasquale
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ingoglia, Sonia
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lo Coco, Alida
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Inguglia, Cristiano
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:00Z
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    2018-11-21T10:00:00Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-05-31
  • 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.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    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
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1051
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1243
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1277
  • Keyword(s)
    career decision-making
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  • Keyword(s)
    career indecision
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  • Keyword(s)
    search for work self-efficacy
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  • Keyword(s)
    psychological well-being
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  • Keyword(s)
    young adults
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Relationships between career indecision, search for work self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Italian never-employed young adults
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    231–250
  • Volume
    13
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