The mediating effect of psychological capital between perceived social support and career decision-making difficultiesin medical college students

LIU Yixin; HUANG Tengjia; CAO Xi; CHEN Lei; QIN Lihua; LI Sheng

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Journal of Hunan Normal University(Medical Science) ›› 2025, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4) : 204-210.

The mediating effect of psychological capital between perceived social support and career decision-making difficultiesin medical college students

LIU Yixin, HUANG Tengjia, CAO Xi, CHEN Lei, QIN Lihua, LI Sheng

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Objective To understand the current situation of medical students' career decision-making difficulties, and to explore the mediating role of psychological capital between medical students' perceived social support and career decision-making difficulties, so as to provide theoretical basis for preventing and intervening medical students' career decision-making difficulties. Methods From June to August 2024, 940 medical students from two medical colleges in Hunan Province and Shaanxi Province were selected as the research objects by convenience sampling method. The perceived social support scale, psychological capital scale and career decision-making difficulty scale were used for investigation. Results The total score of career decision-making difficulties of 940 medical students was (40.29±9.31), which was at a medium level. Career decision-making difficulties were negatively correlated with perceived social support (r=-0.473, P<0.01), and negatively correlated with psychological capital (r=-0.550, P<0.01). Psychological capital was positively correlated with perceived social support (r=0.606, P<0.01). Regression analysis showed that grade, major, internship or part-time experience, perceived social support and psychological capital were the influencing factors of career decision-making difficulties (P<0.05). Psychological capital played a partial mediating role between medical students' perceived social support and career decision-making difficulties. The mediating effect was -0.23, and the mediating effect accounts for 51.1% of the total effect. Conclusion Conclusion Medical colleges should actively take measures to improve the level of perceived social support of medical students, and pay attention to the cultivation and accumulation of psychological capital, which will be of great significance to improve the level of career decision-making and employment quality of medical students.

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career decision-making difficulties / perceived social support / psychological capital / medical students

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LIU Yixin, HUANG Tengjia, CAO Xi, CHEN Lei, QIN Lihua, LI Sheng. The mediating effect of psychological capital between perceived social support and career decision-making difficultiesin medical college students[J]. Journal of Hunan Normal University(Medical Science). 2025, 22(4): 204-210

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