Relational Self‐Construal as a Moderator of Social Support in Career Decision Making

The authors examined relational self‐construal as a moderator of the influence of social support on career decision‐making difficulties among 352 college students (65% women, 63% Caucasian). Results of hierarchical regression analyses supported the hypothesis that individuals with higher relational...

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Published inThe Career development quarterly Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 44 - 56
Main Authors Li, Yaoshan I., Hazler, Richard J., Trusty, Jerry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria National Career Development Association 01.03.2017
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Analysis
career decision making
Careers
College students
Decision making
Education
Factor Analysis
Hypotheses
Individual Characteristics
Influence
Job Performance
Life Satisfaction
Majors (Students)
relational self‐construal
Researchers
Self Efficacy
Social aspects
Social networks
Social support
Studies
Taxonomy
Vocational Interests
White people
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Summary:The authors examined relational self‐construal as a moderator of the influence of social support on career decision‐making difficulties among 352 college students (65% women, 63% Caucasian). Results of hierarchical regression analyses supported the hypothesis that individuals with higher relational self‐construal reported fewer difficulties in terms of lack of information and inconsistent information in career decision making as social support increased. Social support, however, did not reduce career decision‐making difficulties for those with lower relational self‐construal. Relational self‐construal did not moderate the relationship between social support and lack of readiness in career decision‐making difficulties as expected, possibly because of conceptual and measurement issues. Results suggest counselors work from relational and contextual perspectives to foster clients' self‐views and to use social support to facilitate their career decision making.
Bibliography:This article is based on data obtained in the doctoral dissertation conducted by Yaoshan I. Li. This research was supported in part by a graduate student research grant from the National Career Development Association, and by a dissertation research initiation grant from Pennsylvania State University.
ISSN:0889-4019
2161-0045
DOI:10.1002/cdq.12079