The interactive effects of self- and parent-referenced career goal discrepancies on young adults’ career indecision
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Hood, Michelle
Duffy, Amanda
Creed, Peter
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We tested a model in which discrepancy with parents’ career goals moderated the indirect path from young adults’ self-perceived career goal discrepancy to career indecision via negative emotions (regret and distress) and self-regulatory capacity. We surveyed 236 young adults (MAge = 21.77 years; 71.2% female), finding that parent discrepancy strengthened the positive relationships between self-discrepancy and career regret and self-regulatory depletion, but not distress. However, career distress fully explained the self-discrepancy–career indecision relationship, not moderated by parent-discrepancy. Overall, our model explained 70% of the variance in indecision. This has implications for counsellors to assist young adults in managing discrepancy-related distress and indecision.
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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
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Widyowati, A; Hood, M; Duffy, A; Creed, P, The interactive effects of self- and parent-referenced career goal discrepancies on young adults’ career indecision, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2024