Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine whether career adaptability and career adaptability subscales of senior undergraduates could predict subjective well-being. The research was a descriptive correlational study which was conducted on 310 senior students (173 women, 137 men) in a state-funded university on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and participants participated in this study voluntarily. Participants ranged in age between 20 and 28 years. Career Adaptability Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were used as data collection tools in this study. Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation Analysis, Simple Regression Analysis, and finally Multiple Regression Analysis were performed to examine the effect of the total score of career adaptability and subscale scores of careers adaptability of senior undergraduate students on subjective well-being. All analyses were conducted using the SPSS version 20.0. The findings of the research showed that career adaptability predicts the subjective well-being of university senior students. Control as a subscale of career adaptability was found to be the strongest predictive variable for subjective well-being among senior university students. Concern and confidence as subscales of career adaptability were found to be other predictive variables of subjective well-being in this study. However, curiosity as a subscale was not found to be a predictor of subjective well-being. These findings are discussed through career construction theory.
Highlights
Career which constitutes a crucial dimension of life incorporates an entire lifetime role of an individual (Herr et al, 2004)
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of career adaptability and predictive power of career adaptability subscales in predicting senior university students’ subjective well-being in a state-funded University in Turkey
The findings of the research showed that career adaptability predicts the subjective well-being of university senior students in present study
Summary
Career which constitutes a crucial dimension of life incorporates an entire lifetime role of an individual (Herr et al, 2004). When individuals might not show career development appropriate for their personal characteristics and or even when they do not have a job, they may feel excluded from society owing to have unemployment status. Because of these, they become deprived of community participation and self-expression which are the main positive components of the interaction with the society (Lindsay, 2010). Since young adults are likely to encounter various career transitions after their graduation, they need to cope with these transitions and adapt themselves to these transitions (Murphy et al, 2010) For this reason, young adults need to develop adaptive skills that are appropriate for their career development and employment conditions (Hou et al, 2012)
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