The Mediating Role of Resilience between Career Adaptability and Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Drawing on the Life Design approach, the present study, it was aimed to examine the mediating role of resilience between career adaptability and life satisfaction in Turkish university students. Of the participants, 226 (78.7%) were female and 61 (21.3%) were male university students. The ages of the participants ranged from 19 to 37, with a mean age of 21.23 (SD = 2.36). The mediating role of resilience in the association between career adaptability and life satisfaction was tested drawing on the structural equation modelling. In this study, it was found that resilience has a partial mediator role in the relationship between career adaptability and life satisfaction. This finding shows that career adaptability positively predicts life satisfaction both directly and indirectly through resilience in university students. Based on the findings of this study, it can be said that it is easier for university students with high career adaptability to adapt to adverse conditions and recover themselves. Thus, these university students may evaluate their lives as more satisfactory. The results of this study are discussed and theoretical and practical implications are presented.