Navigating uncertainty: how do parenting and grit influence career indecisiveness among Indian emerging adults?

Title

Navigating uncertainty: how do parenting and grit influence career indecisiveness among Indian emerging adults?

Creator

Singhal, Surbhi; Ojas; Khan, Zoya

Description

This paper examined how perceived parenting styles (permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian) influenced career indecisiveness among Indian emerging adults, with grit as a mediating factor. A total of 420 Indian emerging adults (18-25 years) were administered self-reported questionnaires. Both PROCESS mediation analyses and path analysis using SPSS AMOS were computed. Both parents authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles predicted career indecisiveness. The passion component of grit emerged as a significant mediator, as supported by the PROCESS mediation analysis. These findings offer new methodological and practical insights, highlighting the significance of culturally relevant career counseling interventions, integrating both familial influences and noncognitive traits. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2025.

Source

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance;

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

Subject

AMOS; Career indecisiveness; Grit; Indian; Mediation; Parenting styles

Coverage

Singhal S., Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Ghaziabad, New Delhi, India; Ojas, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Azad Hind Fauj Marg, Dwarka Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110078, India; Khan Z., Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Azad Hind Fauj Marg, Dwarka Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110078, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 18730388;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-025-09756-0

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