Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues
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The Relationship of Anxious Attachment, Avoidant Attachment and Career Indecision: The Multiple Mediation Effects of Social Comparison, Self-Criticism, and Fear of Negative Evaluation
Abstract
The present study examines whether fear of negative evaluation, social comparison and self-criticism mediate the relationship between insecure attachment and career indecision. Participants are 401 unemployed people in their 20s who have never had a job. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, correlation analysis indicates that both anxious attachment and avoidant attachment are positively related to fear of negative evaluation and self-criticism. Also, anxious attachment is positively correlated with social comparison, whereas avoidant attachment is negatively correlated with it. Second, both insecure attachments have significant positive correlation with career indecision. Third, it shows the respective unique mechanisms by which each of the two insecure attachment forms are related to career indecision are distinctive: Specifically, The linkage between anxious attachment and career indecision is partially mediated by self-criticism and social comparison, whereas avoidant attachment is indirectly related to career indecision through a full mediation of self-criticism and social comparison. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed.
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- 애착불안, 애착회피, 사회비교경향성, 자기비난, 부정적 평가두려움, 진로미결정, 진로, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, social comparison, self-criticism, fear of negative evaluation, career indecision, career
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