Stress and career adaptability during COVID-19: A serial multiple mediation model

Jianfeng Zhuang; Yali Jiang; Haiping Chen

doi:10.2224/sbp.10551

Stress and career adaptability during COVID-19: A serial multiple mediation model

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.10551 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (8) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Jianfeng Zhuang ◽

Yali Jiang ◽

Haiping Chen

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

University Graduates ◽

Career Adaptability ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Job Market ◽

Positive Psychological Capital ◽

University Seniors ◽

Work Volition

To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected students about to enter the job market, we surveyed 754 university seniors to investigate the perceived stress–career adaptability relationship. We also assessed if positive psychological capital (PsyCap) and work volition mediated this relationship. The results show that the seniors' perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively predicted career adaptability. Moreover, the sequential mediation effect (perceived stress reduces positive PsyCap and work volition, which predicts career adaptability) was supported. Thus, lower positive PsyCap can reduce work volition and adaptability. We are among the first researchers to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has disadvantaged recent university graduates in the labor market, and we have provided new perspectives on how to improve their career adaptability.

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Work Volition and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Employability: Examining a Moderated Mediating Process

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11247089 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 7089 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jung Eon Kwon

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Model ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Career Adaptability ◽

Career Construction Theory ◽

New Findings ◽

Global Increase ◽

Work Volition ◽

Psychology Of Working

Slow economic growth and cost reduction have caused a global increase in employment insecurity. For university students in the process of preparing for employment, these conditions can be a source of enormous stress. The effort to improve the employability of university students who experience difficulties in seeking a job and developing a career, therefore, becomes consequently meritorious. In order to provide new findings of the key antecedents affecting employability, this study investigates the dynamics of work volition and career adaptability. Employability is predicted by integrating career adaptability, which originated in career construction theory, and work volition, which originated in the psychology of working framework. To test the research hypotheses, survey data were collected from 251 students registered at three universities in South Korea and analyzed using a structural equation model and Hayes’ process macro. Results indicated that the direct effect of work volition on employability and its indirect effect through career adaptability were significant. Next, the mediation effect of career adaptability between work volition and employability was varied positively by work volition. These results provide practical implications for efforts aimed at increasing the employability of university students and, as such, present a foundation for contribution to ensuring sustainable employability.

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Perceived Stress and Life Satisfaction: A Multiple Mediation Model of Self-control and Rumination

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-019-01486-6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 3091-3097 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yueli Zheng ◽

Zongkui Zhou ◽

Qingqi Liu ◽

Xiujuan Yang ◽

Cuiying Fan

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Self Control ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation

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Pathways From Caring and Engaging Adults to Youth Vocational Identity: The Mediational Roles of Career Search Self-Efficacy and Goal Capacity

Youth & Society ◽

10.1177/0044118x17725459 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (6) ◽

pp. 780-800 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zi Chen ◽

V. Scott H. Solberg

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Vocational Identity ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

The Relationship ◽

Analyze Data

This study examines the role played by access to caring and engaging adults, career search self-efficacy (CSSE), and goal capacity in the development of youth vocational identity. The study used a bootstrapping approach to analyze data, collected from a survey of 1,579 youths enrolled in 14 U.S. high schools, to test a hypothesized serial multiple mediation model. Results indicate both direct and multiple indirect pathways from adults influences to the youth vocational identity. Two specific pathways of influence were found through CSSE and goal capacity respectively. Additionally, a serial multiple mediation effect was found whereby CSSE and goal capacity collectively mediated the relationship. This indicates that greater access to caring and engaging adults contributes to higher CSSE, which accounts for a higher level of goal capacity, and eventually leads to the better vocational identity in youth. These findings establish notable implications for practices that are discussed in closing.

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Post-Lockdown Effects on Students’ Mental Health in Romania: Perceived Stress, Missing Daily Social Interactions, and Boredom Proneness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18168599 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (16) ◽

pp. 8599

Author(s):

Liliana Dumitrache ◽

Elena Stănculescu ◽

Mariana Nae ◽

Daniela Dumbrăveanu ◽

Gabriel Simion ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

University Students ◽

Path Analysis ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Positive Association ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Boredom Proneness

The rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide was accompanied by intense fears, confusion, worries, anger, and stress threatening people’s mental health. Unprecedented measures to slow down and prevent the transmission of COVID-19 have had various impacts on the population’s health behaviour and mental health. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the lockdown’s effects on university students’ mental health in Romania. Based on a cross-sectional design, the survey data were collected from a sample of 722 participants (247 males; M = 21.1 years; SD ± 1.73). A path analysis was performed to verify the hypothesised direct and indirect effects included in the multiple mediation model. The findings showed a positive association between stress and boredom proneness, missing daily social interactions, spending more time on phone conversations, and the increasing interest in following news about the pandemic. The path analysis revealed an excellent fit between the proposed multiple mediation model and the sample data. Boredom proneness and missing daily social interactions both affected stress, directly and indirectly, through more time spent on phone conversations. In addition, it was found that the increased interest in following news about the pandemic mediated the relationship between boredom proneness and perceived stress. In terms of gender differences, our findings revealed that female students experienced significantly higher stress levels than male students, perceived to a greater extent the lack of daily social interactions, and spent more time on phone conversations. Overall, the findings further extend the empirical evidence on university students’ mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, universities need to organise support programmes focused on developing university students’ coping strategies to maintain their mental health even in adverse contexts.

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Mindfulness and special education teachers' burnout: The serial multiple mediation effects of self-acceptance and perceived stress

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.8656 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (11) ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jin Sun ◽

Yongli Wang ◽

Qin Wan ◽

Zhaoming Huang

Keyword(s):

Special Education ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Special Education Teachers ◽

Practical Implication ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽

Self Acceptance ◽

The Relationship

We used a serial multiple mediation model of self-acceptance and perceived stress to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and burnout in Chinese special education teachers. Altogether, 307 participants completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Self-Acceptance Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, and Teacher Burnout Inventory. Results showed that self-acceptance and perceived stress had significant serial multiple mediation effects on the relationship between mindfulness and burnout. Perceived stress also partially mediated the effect of mindfulness on burnout. However, self-acceptance did not have a mediation effect on the relationship between mindfulness and burnout. A practical implication of these findings is that increased use of mindfulness and greater self-acceptance may, as well as reducing perceived stress, help prevent and/or alleviate burnout among special education teachers.

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Collective self-esteem and perceived stress among the non-infected general public in China during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic: A multiple mediation model

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2020.110308 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 168 ◽

pp. 110308

Author(s):

Haopeng Chen ◽

Xiaolin Zhao ◽

Mei Zeng ◽

Jiwen Li ◽

Xi Ren ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

General Public ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Collective Self ◽

Collective Self Esteem

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Post-Lockdown Effects on Students’ Mental Health in Romania: Perceived Stress – The Impact of Missing Daily Social Interactions and Boredom Proneness

10.20944/preprints202107.0473.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Liliana Dumitrache ◽

Elena Stănculescu ◽

Mariana Nae ◽

Daniela Dumbrăveanu ◽

Gabriel Simion ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

University Students ◽

Path Analysis ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Boredom Proneness ◽

The Impact

The rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide was accompanied by intense fears, confusion, worries, anger and stress threatening people’s mental health. Unprecedented measures to slow down and prevent the transmission of COVID-19 have had various impacts on the population’s health behaviour and mental health. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the lockdown’s effects on university students’ mental health in Romania. Based on a cross-sectional design, the survey data were collected from a sample of 722 participants (247 males; M = 21.1 years; SD ± 1.73). A path analysis was performed to verify the hypothesised direct and indirect effects included in the multiple mediation model. The findings showed a positive association between stress and boredom proneness, missing daily social interactions, spending more time on phone conversations and the increasing interest in following news about the pandemic. The path analysis revealed an excellent fit between the proposed multiple mediation model and the sample data. Boredom proneness and missing daily social interactions both affected stress, directly and indirectly, through more time spent on phone conversations. In addition, it was found that the increased interest in following news about the pan-demic mediated the relationship between boredom proneness and perceived stress. In terms of gender differences, our findings revealed that female students experienced significantly higher stress levels than male students, perceived to a greater extent the lack of daily social interactions and spent more time on phone conversations. Overall, the findings further extend the empirical evidence on university students’ mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, universities need to organise support programmes focused on developing university students’ coping strategies to maintain their mental health even in adverse contexts.

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