Fantinelli Stefania, Esposito Ciro, Carlucci Leonardo, Limone Pierpaolo, Sulla Francesco
Department of Human Studies, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Pegaso Online University, 80143 Napoli, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Mar 7;13(3):233. doi: 10.3390/bs13030233.
Adolescents who have to make decisions regarding their future career or academic path can be greatly influenced by parental expectations and other individual and contextual factors. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of adolescent-parent career congruence on adolescents' well-being and future intention to enroll in a university course. The recruitment of participants took place through a combination of convenience sampling and snowball sampling. A sample of 142 high school students who are managing their decisions for the future completed an online questionnaire. Data were analyzed through a path analysis (SEM) with observed variables, and different indices were evaluated to check the model goodness of fit. The data show that congruence with parents' wishes has a significant effect on academic motivation, work hope and mattering, which in turn have a positive and significant effect on both future intentions to undertake university studies and on the participants' occupational well-being. In line with past studies, our results demonstrate correlations between adolescent-parent career congruence in career exploration and decision making, pointing out in particular the influence due to complementary congruence with mothers. Furthermore, our study underscores the important role played by both individual and contextual factors in adolescent well-being and intentions for their future. Finally, implications for the practice of vocational guidance practitioners are discussed.
必须就未来职业或学业道路做出决策的青少年，可能会受到父母期望以及其他个人和环境因素的极大影响。本研究的目的是探讨青少年与父母的职业一致性对青少年幸福感以及未来报考大学课程意愿的影响。参与者的招募通过便利抽样和滚雪球抽样相结合的方式进行。142名正在为未来决策的高中生样本完成了一份在线问卷。通过对观测变量进行路径分析（结构方程模型）来分析数据，并评估不同指标以检验模型的拟合优度。数据表明，与父母意愿的一致性对学业动机、工作期望和重要性有显著影响，而这反过来又对未来接受大学教育的意愿以及参与者的职业幸福感产生积极且显著的影响。与过去的研究一致，我们的结果表明在职业探索和决策过程中青少年与父母的职业一致性之间存在相关性，特别指出了与母亲的互补一致性所产生的影响。此外，我们的研究强调了个人和环境因素在青少年幸福感及其未来意愿中所起的重要作用。最后，讨论了对职业指导从业者实践的启示。
