The Influence of Core Self Evaluation on Vocational Maturity of Vocational School Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Sense of Meaning in Life and Future Orientation
Objective: To explore the relationship between core self-evaluation and vocational maturity of secondary vocational school students, as well as the mediating role of sense of meaning in life and adolescent future orientation. Method: A total of 715 vocational school students from two vocational schools in Taiyuan and Xiaoyi were surveyed using the Core Self Evaluation Questionnaire, Life Meaning Questionnaire, Adolescent Future Orientation Questionnaire, and Middle School Vocational Maturity Questionnaire. Result: (1) Core self-evaluation positively predicted career maturity (β =0.18, p<0.001); (2) The sense of meaning in life and the future orientation of adolescents play an independent mediating role between core self-evaluation and career maturity [mediation effect size is 0.03 and 0.11, 95% CI (0.01, 0.05) and (0.08, 0.14)], and the mediation effects of all dimensions of sense of meaning in life are valid; (3) The sense of meaning in life and the future orientation of adolescents play a chain mediated role between core self-evaluation and career maturity [mediation effect size is 0.03, 95% CI (0.02, 0.05)]; Conclusion: Core self-evaluation can improve the career maturity of vocational school students, enhance their sense of meaning in life, and improve their future orientation, which can promote the career maturity of middle school students.