How Does Proactive Personality Promote Affective Well-Being? A Chained Mediation Model
Lu Xin1, Mengyi Li2,*, Fangcheng Tang1, Wenxia Zhou2, Wenxi Wang3
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010808
Abstract Based on social cognitive career theory, this research examined a
chained mediation model for the relations between proactive personality, career
success criteria clarity, career decision-making self-efficacy and affective wellbeing. A two-wave survey study was conducted among Chinese graduating
students (N = 235). The results showed that proactive personality (measured at
time 1), career success criteria clarity (measured at time 1), and career decisionmaking self-efficacy (measured at time 2) positively related to affective well-being
respectively. In addition, the results further revealed that proactive personality was
positively related to career success criteria clarity, which further predicted
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