The relationships among career adaptability, career commitment, career identity, and career well-being in Chinese nursing undergraduates: A longitudinal study

• Published in: Heliyon 2024-08, Vol.10 (15), p.e35152, Article e35152
• Main Authors: Zhao, Chengjia, Yu, Guoliang, Cai, Yan, Zheng, Peisen, Xu, Huihui, Li, Feiyue, Zhang, Guohua, Zhang, Jingjing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Career adaptability; Career commitment; Career identity; Career interests; Career well-being; Mediation effect; Undergraduate nursing students
• ISSN: 2405-8440; 2405-8440
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35152

Exploring the longitudinal relationship between career adaptability, career commitment, career identity, and career well-being among Chinese undergraduate nursing students. A mediation effect analysis was performed. The Career Adaptability Scale, the Chinese version of Career commitment, the Career identity Scale, and the Career well-being Scale were used as research instruments. Six hundred ninety-two nursing students were followed up in two waves to explore the relationships among career adaptability, career commitment, career identity, and career well-being. Model comparison was performed to explore the differences in such relationships between low and high-career interests. Career commitment at T1 mediated the relationship between career adaptability at T1 and career identity at T2 and that between career adaptability at T1 and career well-being at T2. Significant differences were observed between the mediation models of nursing students with high and low career interests. Career commitment plays a longitudinal mediator role in the relationship between career adaptability and career identity and the relationship between career adaptability and career well-being. •CC at T1 mediated the relationship between CA at T1 and CI at T2.•CC at T1 mediated the relationship between CA at T1 and CW-B at T2.•CC at T1 positively predicted CI at T2 in high-career interest group, not low-career interest group.