Career Adaptivity Mediates Longitudinal Links between Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Young Adult Occupational Attainment

Autor/inn/en	Sun, Xiaoran; McHale, Susan M.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.
Titel	Career Adaptivity Mediates Longitudinal Links between Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Young Adult Occupational Attainment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 12, S.2309-2321 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sun, Xiaoran)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001120
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Young Adults; Career Development; Vocational Adjustment; Gender Differences; Parent Role; Reputation; Occupations; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Berufsentwicklung; Personalanpassung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Parental role; Elternrolle; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
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 (122 firstborns and 114 secondborns; 53% female) from 147 European American working- to middle-class families. Structural equation modeling tested whether effects of relationships with mothers and fathers at Time 1 (adolescents' M[subscript age] = 15.17, SD = 0.96) were mediated by Time 2 (1 year later) adolescent career adaptivity, represented by academic performance, sense of control, and self-worth, in relation to occupational prestige at about age 26. Results showed that career adaptivity fully mediated the link between mother-adolescent relationship quality and young adult occupational prestige, but the effects of father-adolescent relationship quality were nonsignificant, though model comparison did not reveal a significant difference between mother and father effects. There were no differences by youth gender. Findings contribute to understanding of families' role in youth career development and future attainment and add to the literature on career construction theory. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01