Huang Zerui, Ismail Ismi Arif, Ghazali Akmar Hayati Ahmad, D'Silva Jeffrey Lawrence, Abdullah Haslinda, Zhang Zeqing
Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
School of Culture and Communication, Guangdong Business and Technology University, Zhaoqing, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 17;16:1461983. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1461983. eCollection 2025.
This study investigates the relationship between psychological capital and employment expectations among vocational undergraduate students, with a particular focus on the mediating roles of educational flow experience and active coping style.
Data were collected through a questionnaire survey administered to 693 vocational undergraduate students at a university in Guangdong Province, China. The instruments used included the Positive Psychological Capital Scale (PPS), Career Expectation Scale (CES), Educational Flow Scale (EduFlow-2), and Coping Style Scale (CSS).
(1) Psychological capital was found to exert a significant positive influence on employment expectations, educational flow experience, and active coping style. (2) Both educational flow experience and active coping style played significant mediating roles in a chain mediation model. Furthermore, a suppressor effect was identified in the mediation process.
This study confirms the significant influence of psychological capital on employment expectations and elucidates its underlying mechanisms. It highlights the critical roles of educational flow and active coping in shaping students' employment outlook, offering practical insights for enhancing employment outcomes among vocational undergraduates.
本研究探讨高职本科生心理资本与就业期望之间的关系，特别关注教育流畅体验和积极应对方式的中介作用。
通过对中国广东省一所大学的693名高职本科生进行问卷调查收集数据。使用的工具包括积极心理资本量表（PPS）、职业期望量表（CES）、教育流畅量表（EduFlow-2）和应对方式量表（CSS）。
（1）发现心理资本对就业期望、教育流畅体验和积极应对方式有显著的正向影响。（2）教育流畅体验和积极应对方式在链式中介模型中均发挥了显著的中介作用。此外，在中介过程中发现了抑制效应。
本研究证实了心理资本对就业期望的显著影响，并阐明了其潜在机制。它强调了教育流畅和积极应对在塑造学生就业前景方面的关键作用，为提高高职本科生的就业成果提供了实际见解。
