Counseling Psychology, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago.
College of Education and Human Services, Cleveland State University.
J Couns Psychol. 2020 Nov;67(6):747-754. doi: 10.1037/cou0000421. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
Although career development prominently features intertemporal choices (in which choice consequences play out over time), little is known about how an individual should navigate intertemporal career choices to obtain desirable career outcomes. Using a sample of U.S. workers ( = 340), the current study examined the structural predictions of two general intertemporal choice orientations (i.e., time discounting and delay of gratification) and one career-specific intertemporal choice orientation (i.e., career commitment) for career and life satisfaction. The results supported a sequential dual mediator model in which time discounting negatively predicts career and life satisfaction sequentially through delay of gratification and career commitment. Therefore, the present study supports the clinical utility of the intertemporal choice perspective in conceptualizing career fulfillment and facilitating career development and calls for more attention to the underrecognized intertemporal choice perspective in career research and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
虽然职业发展突出了跨时选择（其中选择后果随着时间的推移而显现），但对于个人应该如何进行跨时职业选择以获得理想的职业结果，我们知之甚少。本研究使用了美国工人的样本（n = 340），检验了两种一般跨时选择取向（即时间贴现和延迟满足）和一种职业特定跨时选择取向（即职业承诺）对职业和生活满意度的结构预测。结果支持了一个顺序双中介模型，即时间贴现通过延迟满足和职业承诺对职业和生活满意度产生负向预测。因此，本研究支持了在概念化职业满足感和促进职业发展方面，跨时选择视角的临床实用性，并呼吁在职业研究和实践中更多地关注被忽视的跨时选择视角。
