The relationship between self-consciousness and career decision-making self-efficacy in disabled and non-disabled people: Two moderated mediation models
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Liu Siyi; Lu Aitao; Chen Xiaodan; Zhang Meifang; Liu Chuqi; Li Meirong
- Source
- Psihologija, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 63-88 (2023)
- Subject
- self-consciousness
psychological capital
career decision-making self-efficacy
disability status
social cognitive career theory model
Psychology
BF1-990
- Language
- English
Serbian
- ISSN
- 0048-5705
1451-9283
A growing number of studies have focused on psychological factors involved in the career decisions made by individuals with disabilities. This study primarily investigated task-oriented psychological capital as the mediator of the relationship between private/public self-consciousness and career decision-making self-efficacy. Disability status was tested as a moderator of this mediational pathway. By recruiting 257 individuals with disabilities and 258 individuals without disabilities, we found that task-oriented psychological capital mediated the relationship between private/public self-consciousness and career decision-making self-efficacy; however, these two indirect links were weaker for individuals with disabilities than individuals without disabilities, suggesting a moderating effect of disability status. Results are discussed in terms of the potential synergy between private/public self-consciousness and task-oriented psychological capital in the development of career decision-making self-efficacy among individuals with disabilities and individuals without disabilities.