Social Participation Type and Career Adaptability among Young Adults: An Examination of the Mediation Effect of Promotional and Preventive Regulatory Focus

Abstract

The purpose of the presented study was to investigate the relationship between career adaptability and developmental tasks by young adults regarding life orientation, and to check whether self-regulation is a mediator in the relationship between life orientation and career adaptability. In total, 435 young adults aged 18 to 34 years were included. The study used the Social Participation Questionnaire, the Self-Regulation Scale, and the Polish version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-5. Mediation analysis found promotion regulatory focus to be a mediator in the relationship between life orientation and all five categories of career adaptability in the transitive orientation dependence model.