Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 675-682.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.06.05

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The Relationships among Parental Rearing Behaviors, Autonomy and Career Exploration in College Students

QU Kejia1,2, ZOU Hong3, HUANG Shaoshu1, CAO Yi1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029;
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Healthy Personality Assessment and Training of Children and Adolescents, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029;
    3. Institute of Development Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2016-11-15 Published:2016-11-15

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Abstract: Career exploration is one of the most important tasks of college students. It referred to as a negotiating process, which sustains between self and environment exploration, in order to attain career goals. Career exploration during college could enhance the career achievement and job satisfaction after work, which is meaningful for each individual. This study explored the effects of college students' parental rearing behaviors on their career exploration, and the moderate role of autonomy. Based on questionnaire method, 676 college students were used as participants to explore the relationships of parental rearing behaviors, autonomy and career exploration. The results, (1) Parental rearing behaviors had direct effects on career exploration. Parental emotional warmth, maternal intervention, and paternal intervention had positive effects, while parental punishment had negative effects. (2) Autonomy significantly predicted career exploration positively. The higher level the students' autonomy was, the better their career exploration were. (3) Autonomy served as mediators in the relations between parental rearing behaviors,especially, parental emotional warmth, maternal intervention and career exploration.

Key words: college students, parental rearing behaviors, autonomy, career exploration

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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