Parents who interfere with their children’s career choices: a path analysis model investigating risk and protective factors for students’ burnout and depression
Parental interference in career choices can expose adolescents to the risk of school burnout and depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between career-related parental interference, school burnout, depressive symptoms, career decision self-efficacy, and school a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2025-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Adolescence and Youth |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2025.2458079 |
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| Summary: | Parental interference in career choices can expose adolescents to the risk of school burnout and depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between career-related parental interference, school burnout, depressive symptoms, career decision self-efficacy, and school anxiety. Participants were 134 Italian high school students (Mage = 18.14 years, SD = 0.651; 75.4% females). Path analysis found a positive total effect in the associations of career-related parental interference with school burnout and depressive symptoms. Parental interference was also negatively associated with career decision self-efficacy and positively with school anxiety, which was, in turn, associated with school burnout and depressive symptoms. Parental interference influences depressive symptoms both directly and indirectly, while burnout is only directly through the total mediation of school anxiety. Findings from the present study can provide helpful information for career counselling interventions to address school burnout and students’ depressive symptoms due to parental interference in their children’s career choices. |
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| ISSN: | 0267-3843 2164-4527 |