ERIC Number: EJ983696
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1069-0727
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Calling and Well-Being among Adults: Differential Relations by Employment Status
Torrey, Carrie L.; Duffy, Ryan D.
Journal of Career Assessment, v20 n4 p415-425 Nov 2012
With a sample of 194 adults, approximately half of which were involuntarily unemployed, the present study explored (a) how calling related to core self-evaluations and life satisfaction, (b) whether core self-evaluations mediated the relation of calling to life satisfaction, and (c) how these relations differed for employed/voluntarily unemployed and involuntarily unemployed adults. Mediation analyses among the three variables were tested for each group. For both groups, calling was a significant, moderate predictor of core self-evaluations. Further, core self-evaluations was found to fully mediate in the link between calling and life satisfaction among the involuntarily unemployed group and partially mediate this relation among the employed/voluntarily unemployed group. The results of the present study suggest that higher levels of calling (regardless of employment status) relates to life satisfaction via a more positive sense of self. For the employed/voluntarily unemployed group, there may be benefits of a calling beyond positive self-evaluations. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Level, Unemployment, Life Satisfaction, Well Being, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Career Choice, Hermeneutics, Self Esteem, Employment, Attitudes
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Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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