Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 547-556.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.05.05

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The Mediating Role of Achievement Motivation between College Students' Proactive Personality and Career Adaptability and Its Gender Differences

WU Jieqing1,2,3, DONG Yongyan4, XIONG Junmei1,2,3, CAO Yu1,2,3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079;
    2. Key Laboratory of Human Development and Mental Health of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430079;
    3. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    4. Middle School No. 39 Shandong Province Qingdao, Qingdao 266003
  • Online:2016-09-15 Published:2016-09-15

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Abstract: This study used Career Adaptability Questionnaire, Proactive Personality Questionnaire and Achievement Motivation Scales to survey 864 college students, and tested the mediating role of achievement motivation on the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability. The gender difference of the effect was also explored. The results showed the following: (1) Achievement motivation partially mediated the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability. (2)There were also significant gender differences in the medating effect of achievement: the mediating effect of motivation of achieving success between proactive personality and career adaptability was significant in both male and female group; as to motivation of avoiding failure, the mediating effect was only significant in the female group while not significant in the male group. These findings thus offer a new insight into how college students' proactive personality influences their career adaptability.

Key words: proactive personality, achievement motivation, career adaptability, gender difference, college students

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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