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.