The role of career adaptability and resilience in mental health problems in Chinese adolescents

Chen Xu, Xingying Gong, Wanyan Fu, Yanjun Xu, Haiyan Xu, Wenjing Chen and Min Li

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 112, issue C

Abstract: The mechanism of how career adaptability could contribute to adolescent’s mental health problems remains unclear in mainland China. The present study aims to explore the relationship between career adaptability, resilience, and mental health problems in a sample of Chinese adolescents. A total of 372 Chinese high school students aged 14–19 years (M = 17.25; SD = 0.53), including 141 (37.9%) boys and 231 (62.1%) girls participated. The results found that career adaptability negatively predicted mental health problems and resilience mediated the relationship between career adaptability and mental health problems. In light of these results, several managerial suggestions related to career education and career counseling practices for adolescents, as well as implications for future researches are provided. These findings could provide cross-cultural for theoretical implications and contribute to evidence-based social policy and social work intervention to promote adolescent’s mental well-being.

Keywords: Adolescents; Career adaptability; Resilience; Mental health problems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104893

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