Social participation type and career adapt-ability among young adults. The mediating effect of promotional and preventive regulatory focus

The purpose of the presented study was to investigate the relationship between career adaptability and developmental tasks among young adults with regard to life orientation. Additionally, the study aimed to determine whether self-regulation acts as a mediator in the relationship between life orientation and career adaptability. A total of 435 young adults, aged 18 to 34 years, were included in the study. The research utilized the Social Participation Questionnaire, the Self-Regulation Scale, and the Polish version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-5. Mediation analysis revealed that the promotion regulatory focus served as a mediator in the relationship between life orientation and all five categories of career adaptability in the transitive orientation dependence model.

本研究旨在探讨青年群体的生涯适应力（Career Adaptability）与发展任务之间基于生活取向的关联。此外，本研究还旨在探明自我调节是否在生活取向与生涯适应力的关系中发挥中介作用。本研究共纳入435名年龄介于18至34岁的青年受试者。研究采用了社会参与问卷、自我调节量表以及波兰语版生涯适应力量表-5（Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-5）。中介分析结果显示，在传递性取向依赖模型中，促进型调节焦点在生活取向与全部五类生涯适应力的关系中起到了中介作用。