Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret

In order to deepen the understanding of the personality antecedents of students’ career decidedness, this study, based on social cognitive career theory and career development theory, examined the effect of proactive personality on career decidedness as well as the mediating mechanism and moderating...

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Autores principales: Xuan Yu, Nan Luo, Xuhong Liu, Haihong Li, Ling Li, Yuanfei Mei
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:983221a5f4ff411baa88b0d9e8ce86b02021-11-16T07:48:48ZEffect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.763224https://doaj.org/article/983221a5f4ff411baa88b0d9e8ce86b02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763224/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078In order to deepen the understanding of the personality antecedents of students’ career decidedness, this study, based on social cognitive career theory and career development theory, examined the effect of proactive personality on career decidedness as well as the mediating mechanism and moderating factors in this process. The results of the survey of 783 Chinese college students showed that proactive personality was positively related to career decidedness via career exploration, and anticipated regret moderated the relationship between proactive personality and career exploration significantly. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed at the end of this research.Xuan YuXuan YuNan LuoXuhong LiuHaihong LiLing LiYuanfei MeiFrontiers Media S.A.articleproactive personalitycareer explorationcareer decidednessanticipated regretcollege studentsPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic proactive personality
career exploration
career decidedness
anticipated regret
college students
Psychology
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career exploration
career decidedness
anticipated regret
college students
Psychology
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Xuan Yu
Nan Luo
Xuhong Liu
Haihong Li
Ling Li
Yuanfei Mei
Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
description In order to deepen the understanding of the personality antecedents of students’ career decidedness, this study, based on social cognitive career theory and career development theory, examined the effect of proactive personality on career decidedness as well as the mediating mechanism and moderating factors in this process. The results of the survey of 783 Chinese college students showed that proactive personality was positively related to career decidedness via career exploration, and anticipated regret moderated the relationship between proactive personality and career exploration significantly. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed at the end of this research.
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author Xuan Yu
Xuan Yu
Nan Luo
Xuhong Liu
Haihong Li
Ling Li
Yuanfei Mei
author_facet Xuan Yu
Xuan Yu
Nan Luo
Xuhong Liu
Haihong Li
Ling Li
Yuanfei Mei
author_sort Xuan Yu
title Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
title_short Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
title_full Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
title_fullStr Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Proactive Personality on Career Decidedness: The Mediating Role of Career Exploration and the Moderating Role of Anticipated Regret
title_sort effect of proactive personality on career decidedness: the mediating role of career exploration and the moderating role of anticipated regret
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/983221a5f4ff411baa88b0d9e8ce86b0
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