Decline in positive future orientations among adolescents during covid‐19: The role of socioeconomic status, parental support, and sense of control

Fakkel, Matthijs; Peeters, Margot; Branje, Susan; Vollebergh, Wilma

doi:10.1002/jad.12204

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“…When adolescents are experiencing a difficult time, parental support can be experienced in the form of unconditional acceptance, empathic listening and encouragement (Fakkel et al, 2023).…”

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Connecting the dots: How parent support shapes career readiness through psychological capital

Gustina,

Liu,

Indartono

et al. 2024

SA Journal of Human Resource Management

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Orientation: In the digital era, adolescence is a critical stage in individual career readiness.Research purpose: This study has numerous goals. Firstly, this study investigates the impact of parental support on individual career readiness. Secondly, this study examines the role of psychological capital as a mediator between parental support and individual career readiness. Thirdly, this study analyses the role of individual trait personality as a moderator between parental support and individual career readiness.Motivation for the study: This research can contribute to a better understanding of how parents can best support their children in preparing for successful careers. By understanding the role of psychological capital and personality traits, this research can help individuals develop a more holistic approach to career development. This can lead to increased career satisfaction and success.Research approach/design and method: This study used a quantitative approach to examine the career readiness of individuals (final year undergraduate students) before entering the job market (N = 418), which was processed using SPSS PROCESS.Main findings: This study shows parental support influences individual career readiness. Psychological capital fully mediated the relationship between parent support and individual career readiness. The influence of parental support on individual job readiness is moderated by extroverted personality and conscientiousness. Meanwhile, emotional stability does not moderate the influence of parental support on individual career readiness.Practical/managerial implications: Parental support can be a meaningful mechanism to enhance career readiness among adolescents through psychological support.Contribution/value-add: The use of social career cognitive theory (SCCT) and trait activation theory (TAT) to uncover the function of mediating and moderating variables is expanded in this study to examine career readiness. This study is important because it examines the role of parental support in nations where it is prevalent.

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“…When adolescents are experiencing a difficult time, parental support can be experienced in the form of unconditional acceptance, empathic listening and encouragement (Fakkel et al, 2023).…”

Section: Practical Contributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Connecting the dots: How parent support shapes career readiness through psychological capital

Gustina,

Liu,

Indartono

et al. 2024

SA Journal of Human Resource Management

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COVID‐19, school closures and the retreat from educational aspirations

Glick,

Alcaraz,

Randrianasolo

et al. 2024

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionAs a shared external shock, the coronavirus pandemic (COVID‐19) impacted health and well‐being around the world. Mitigation strategies employed in many locations included school closures and travel restrictions. These strategies directly impacted educational access and opportunities and created economic stressors for families. This study examines how these direct impacts also altered educational aspirations for children and adolescents, an important predictor of educational attainment.MethodWe estimate multilevel regression models using two waves of data, collected in 2017–18 and 2020‐21, from 1294 children and adolescents (Mean age = 13.1, SD = 2.8; 50.3% female) in Jalisco, Mexico, and 2201 children and adolescents (Mean age = 14.7, SD = 2.6; 49.1% female) in Chitwan Nepal. We examine changes in educational aspirations between the two waves (pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 onset).ResultsInitial aspirations are positively associated with household wealth, caregiver education, and prior commitment to education. Multilevel regression models predicting changes in educational aspirations demonstrate these resources are important for maintaining high educational aspirations. But children and adolescents in households that experienced more economic loss following the external shock of the pandemic had lowered aspirations over time.ConclusionsDisruptions to schooling and economic shocks to households curtailed educational aspirations among children and adolescents in a similar way in two disparate settings. These results raise concerns about the educational attainment of children in the face of external shocks and the possibility that educational progress will stall in low resourced environments among the most vulnerable youth.

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Links between mental health problems and future thinking from the perspective of adolescents with experience of depression and anxiety: a qualitative study

Tang,

Pavlopoulou,

Kostyrka-Allchorne

et al. 2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background Depression and anxiety are common during adolescence and could have detrimental impacts on young people’s ability to make and implement plans for their future. However, to the best of our knowledge, no other study has adopted a qualitative approach in investigating these effects from the perspective of adolescents with lived experiences of depression and anxiety. We sought to understand how young people perceive and interpret the impact of mental health conditions on their thinking about the future. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 adolescents aged 16–19 years in the UK (median age = 19, IQR = 1.5), who had a history of protracted periods of clinical or subclinical depression and/or anxiety. They were asked to reflect on how their ability to think about the future and the content of the future-related thinking was impacted during periods of poor mental health, compared with periods of feeling well. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results Five domains were identified. First, the impact of mood on future thinking capability focuses on reduced ability and motivation to engage in future thinking. Second, the impact of mood on images, thoughts, and feelings about the future includes the emotional valence of future-related thoughts, their vividness, structure, and the extent to which they intimated subjective feelings of control (i.e., agency). Third, social influences focuses on social factors that might ameliorate or exacerbate future thinking. Fourth, reflections on personal worries and expectations about the future captures personal interpretations of past worries and hopes and how future thinking affected mood. Finally, personal coping refers to how young people cope with the negative emotions that come with future thinking. Conclusions This study provided a nuanced and granular account of how depression and anxiety impacted young people’s future thinking based on their lived experiences. By highlighting the different ways that variations in future thinking were experienced as a function of depression and anxiety, our analysis highlighted new factors that should be considered in studies of adolescent mental health risk, which could inform the development of new therapeutic approaches.

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Decline in positive future orientations among adolescents during covid‐19: The role of socioeconomic status, parental support, and sense of control

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Connecting the dots: How parent support shapes career readiness through psychological capital

Connecting the dots: How parent support shapes career readiness through psychological capital

COVID‐19, school closures and the retreat from educational aspirations

Links between mental health problems and future thinking from the perspective of adolescents with experience of depression and anxiety: a qualitative study

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