The Moderated Mediating Effect of Career Barriers on the Effect of Parental Autonomy Support and Career Resilience on Adolescents' Career Preparation Behavior

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moderated mediating effect of career barriers in the effect of parental autonomy support and career resilience on career preparation behavior as perceived by adolescents. The results of the research are as follows. First, the results of the analysis of the effect of parental autonomy support as perceived by adolescents on career preparation behavior showed that parental autonomy support as perceived by adolescents had a significant effect on career preparation behavior. These results indicate that the higher the degree of autonomy support from parents that adolescents perceive, the higher the level of career preparation behavior. Second, the results of the analysis of the mediating effect of career resilience in the relationship between parental autonomy support and career preparation behaviour as perceived by adolescents confirmed that career resilience as perceived by adolescents has a mediating effect in the relationship between parental autonomy support and career preparation behavior. In other words, parental autonomy support as perceived by adolescents has a direct effect on career preparation behaviour, but also an indirect effect through career resilience. Third, the results of the analysis of the moderating effect of career barriers on the relationship between career resilience and career preparation behavior, as perceived by adolescents, showed that career barriers have a significant impact on the relationship between career resilience and career preparation behaviour. In other words, the higher the level of career resilience perceived by adolescents, the higher the level of career preparation behaviour, and career barriers play a role in alleviating career preparation behaviour in this process.