ERIC Number: EJ1468119
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
EISSN: EISSN-1556-0856
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Social Class and Career Decision Self-Efficacy: Roles of Career Social Support and Birthplace
Lulu Zhang1; Xiaofang Wang2; Jiajia Wang1; Wei Zhang1; Weiqiao Fan3
Journal of Career Development, v52 n3 p369-384 2025
While previous research has shown that social class is positively correlated with career decision self-efficacy (CDSE), how this relationship develops is unclear. This study tested the mediating effect of career social support on the link between subjective social class and CDSE and the moderating role of birthplace in the mediation model. A survey was completed among 388 Chinese college students. The results revealed that subjective social class could positively predict CDSE via career social support. For urban students, subjective social class was positively related to career social support, and it was indirectly related to CDSE via career social support. For rural students, subjective social class was positively related to CDSE. Finally, the implications for career education and counseling in Chinese college students are discussed.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Social Class, Birth, Geographic Location, Social Support Groups, College Students, Student Attitudes, Urban Population, Rural Population, Foreign Countries, Asians, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1College of Education Science, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China; 2College of foreign Language, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China; 3Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China