Mediating effect of perceived social support and core self-evaluation in the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability among nursing undergraduates
Objective To explore the chain mediating effect of perceived social support and core self-evaluation on proactive personality's influence on career adaptability among nursing undergraduates.Methods A total of 261 nurs-ing undergraduates were selected as the research subjects by convenience sampling method,and the questionnaires survey was conducted by using Proactive Personality Scale,Perceived Social Support Scale,Core Self-Assessment Scale,and Career Adaptability Scale,and the results were analyzed in December,2022.Results The scores of proac-tive personality,perceived social support,core self-evaluation,and career adaptability of nursing undergraduates were(44.01±6.15)points,(63.11±10.30)points,(33.20±4.67)points,and(91.41±12.65)points;Pearson correlation analysis showed that the correlation between any two scales was statistically significant(P<0.01);Re-gression analysis showed that proactive personality,perceived social support,and core self-evaluation could explain 33.9%of the variation of career adaptability(R2=0.339);The proactive personality positively predicted career a-daptability(β=0.133,P<0.05);Perceived social support mediated the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability(β=0.086,P=0.012);Core self-evaluation mediated the relationship between proactive per-sonality and career adaptability(β=0.080,P=0.034);Perceived social support and core self-evaluation mediated the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability(β=0.065,P=0.001).Conclusion Perceived social support and core self-evaluation play a chain mediating effect between proactive personality and career adaptability.Proactive personality not only influences career adaptability directly,but also influences it via perceived social sup-port and core self-evaluation.
studentsnursingproactive personalityperceived social supportcore self-evaluationca-reer adaptability