AUTHOR=Zhao An 

TITLE=The impact of career expectation on employment anxiety of art students in higher vocational colleges during the COVID-19: A chain mediating role of social support and psychological capital

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1141472

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1141472

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>In the process of college students’ employment, psychological capital, and social support play a vital role.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>This study examined the relationship between career expectation and employment anxiety of Chinese vocational art college students (<italic>N</italic> = 634). Participants completed the Career Expectation Scale (CES), Employment Anxiety Scale (EAS), Psychological Capital Scale (PCS), and Social Support Scale (SSS).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>(1) Vocational art students’ career expectation has a positive predictive effect on employment anxiety, social support, and psychological capital; Social support and psychological capital have negative predictive effects on employment anxiety. (2) Social support and psychological capital play a significant chain intermediary role between career expectation and employment anxiety, and there is a masking effect.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>These results are of guiding significance to the improvement of the employment quality of art students in higher vocational colleges and the employment consulting work in colleges.</p></sec>