Chen Li, Zeng Shuyu
School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 26;12:694785. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694785. eCollection 2021.
COVID-19, which is characterized by uncertainty, makes the employment anxiety of college graduates in the period of career change more and more intense. How to deal with this challenge is particularly important. The present study took career planning as a moderating variable to explore the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and employment anxiety, as well as the role of career planning. In this quantitative study, the data of 563 college graduates from different schools were collected by using the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12, Vocational Selection Anxiety Questionnaire of University Graduate, and Career Planning Scale. The final effective sample size was 550 (the overall recovery rate was 97.7%). The results of correlation analysis showed that there was a significant positive correlation between IU and employment anxiety, while there was a significant negative correlation between career planning and IU, as well as the relationship between career planning and employment anxiety. The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed that IU significantly positively predicted the employment anxiety of graduates, and career planning moderated the relationship between IU and employment anxiety. These findings suggested that maintaining a sense of career planning can help college graduates get through smoothly in the face of uncertainty of COVID-19.
以不确定性为特征的新冠疫情，使得处于职业转变期的高校毕业生就业焦虑日益加剧。如何应对这一挑战尤为重要。本研究以职业规划作为调节变量，探讨不确定性不耐受（IU）与就业焦虑之间的关系，以及职业规划的作用。在这项定量研究中，采用不确定性不耐受量表-12、大学毕业生职业选择焦虑问卷和职业规划量表，收集了来自不同学校的563名高校毕业生的数据。最终有效样本量为550（总体回收率为97.7%）。相关分析结果表明，IU与就业焦虑之间存在显著正相关，而职业规划与IU之间以及职业规划与就业焦虑之间均存在显著负相关。层次回归分析结果表明，IU显著正向预测毕业生的就业焦虑，职业规划调节了IU与就业焦虑之间的关系。这些研究结果表明，保持职业规划意识有助于高校毕业生在面对新冠疫情的不确定性时顺利度过难关。
