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Career Adaptability,Resilience, and Life Satisfaction Among Italian and Belgian Middle School Students |
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| Authors: | Sara Santilli Silke Grossen Laura Nota |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova;2. School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven Silke Grossen is now at Unit for Professional Training and Service in the Behavioural Sciences, University of the Free State. |
| Abstract: | Youth need help with planning their future, developing positive life trajectories, and coping with socioeconomic conditions. Using a life design approach, we analyzed the relationship between career adaptability, resilience, and life satisfaction among Belgian (N = 158) and Italian (N = 158) middle school students. We hypothesized that career adaptability, directly and indirectly via resilience, would predict life satisfaction. Furthermore, we predicted that the conceptual model would be comparable between countries. Each participant completed self-report measures to assess career adaptability, resilience, and life satisfaction. The results obtained using a two-step approach to structural equation modeling suggest that career adaptability is directly and indirectly, through resilience, related to students' life satisfaction in both Italian and Belgian students. These results have important implications for supporting middle school students in their life design process. |
| Keywords: | career adaptability resilience satisfaction with life life design middle school students |