AUTHOR=Xu Min , Lu Haidong , Guo Qi 

TITLE=Research on the impact of basic psychological needs satisfaction on career adaptability of Chinese college students

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275582

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275582

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=To explore the relationship and mechanism between basic psychological needs satisfaction and career adaptability of college students. Data were collected from 690 students across 6 universities in China. Findings indicated a significant positive correlation between basic psychological needs satisfaction, career decision self-efficacy, career outcome expectations and career adaptability; career decision self-efficacy plays a partial mediating role between college students' basic psychological needs satisfaction and career adaptability; the latter half path of the mediation model was regulated by perceived career outcome expectation, career outcome expectation played a regulatory role in career decision self-efficacy on career adaptability. It was concluded that college students' basic psychological need satisfaction can positively predict career adaptability directly and indirectly affect career adaptability through career decision self-efficacy and that career outcome expectations have a moderating role between career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability.