Abstract
Korean young adults are exposed to higher career stress than ever before, and such stress exerts a negative impact on mental health outcomes. The present study aimed to understand the mediating effect of career stress on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and mental health using a sample of 420 Korean college students. The present study also investigated the moderating role of mindfulness in the mediated pathways across gender groups. This study’s results showed that there are considerable gender differences in this relationship. Career stress significantly mediates the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and depression and life satisfaction only for females. Study findings also indicated that the moderating effect of mindfulness was more remarkable for female students than for male students. Implications and future directions are discussed.
Highlights
Recent data showed that over 20% of young Koreans aged 25 to 29 were unemployed, ranking highest among OECD countries in 2018 [1]
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Summary
Recent data showed that over 20% of young Koreans aged 25 to 29 were unemployed, ranking highest among OECD countries in 2018 [1]. Korean young adults were exposed to higher career stress than ever before, and such stress negatively impacted mental health outcomes [3]. The moderating role of mindfulness has been receiving attention as a potential protective factor related to stress, depression, and life satisfaction [5,6]. Few studies have investigated the effect of perfectionism on career stress and the effect of career stress on mental health, such as depression and life satisfaction. The potential mechanisms that might explain these relationships are still unclear; the mechanism underlying perfectionism, life satisfaction, and depression with career stress as a mediator and mindfulness as a moderator has not been examined thoroughly. Previous studies suggest understanding the relationship between perfectionism, career stress, mental health outcomes (e.g., life satisfaction, depression), and mindfulness in young adults
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