Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022)

Satisfaction with Life and Career Indecision in Italian University Students: The Mediating Role of Presence of Meaning in Life

Authors
Anna Parola1, *, Luca Fusco1, Luigia Simona Sica1
1University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
*Corresponding author. Email: anna.parola@unina.it
Corresponding Author
Anna Parola
Available Online 27 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Meaning in life; Career decision; University students
Abstract

The present study examines the role of the presence of meaning in life and life satisfaction on university students’ career indecision. 164 Italian university students (Mage = 23.26; SDage = 3.44) took part in this study. Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and Satisfaction with Life Scale were administered. To investigate the hypothesis that the presence of meaning in life would fully mediate the relationship between life satisfaction and career indecision, mediation analysis was performed with a 5000 bootstrap resampling procedure. The results showed that the presence of meaning in life fully mediates the relationship between life satisfaction and career indecision. The findings concerning meaning in life are essential for career practitioners in their clients’ career decision-making process.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
27 December 2022
ISBN
978-94-6463-096-1
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_7How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Anna Parola
AU  - Luca Fusco
AU  - Luigia Simona Sica
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/27
TI  - Satisfaction with Life and Career Indecision in Italian University Students: The Mediating Role of Presence of Meaning in Life
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