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Relationships between self-efficacy, job instability, decent work, and life satisfaction in a sample of italian, swiss, and spanish students
Author/s | Zammitti, Andrea
Moreno Morilla, Celia ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Romero Rodríguez, Soledad ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Magnano, Paola Marcionetti, Jenny |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación |
Publication Date | 2023-01-28 |
Deposit Date | 2023-05-18 |
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Abstract | Recent research has shown that self-efficacy has a positive relationship with life satisfaction
and with the perception of access to decent work. On the other hand, a perception of instability
regarding the profession ... Recent research has shown that self-efficacy has a positive relationship with life satisfaction and with the perception of access to decent work. On the other hand, a perception of instability regarding the profession is negatively correlated with these dimensions. Few authors have studied these constructs within the same research. Therefore, the aim of the study was to fill this gap in the literature by testing a structural equation model in which the perception of access to decent work could mediate between perceived self-efficacy in one’s training and life satisfaction, and between perceived instability of the profession and life satisfaction. Data was collected through an online research survey. Five hundred and seventeen university students (104 males and 413 females) aged between 18 and 30 years (M = 22.50; ds = 2.61) from three different countries participated: 181 were Italian, 173 were Swiss, and 163 were Spanish. The results only partially confirmed our model. The idea of finding a decent work mediates the relationship between perceived job instability and life satisfaction, but not between self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Perceived self-efficacy together with the idea of finding a decent work have a direct effect on life satisfaction. In career development, counselors must take into account what the perception of job instability entails for students, which may be demotivating and not allow future workers to imagine a decent job. |
Citation | Zammitti, A., Moreno Morilla, C., Romero Rodríguez, S., Magnano, P. y Marcionetti, J. (2023). Relationships between self-efficacy, job instability, decent work, and life satisfaction in a sample of italian, swiss, and spanish students. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13 (2), 306-316. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13020023. |
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