%0 Journal Article
%T Parenting Styles, Identity Development, and Adjustment in Career Transitions:  The Mediating Role of Psychological Needs
%A Koen Luyckx
%A Maria Paula Paix£¿o
%A Marlies Lacante
%A Pedro Miguel Gomes Cordeiro
%A Willy Lens
%J Journal of Career Development
%@ 1556-0856
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0894845316672742
%X Drawing from self-determination theory, this study examines how does perceived parenting and psychological needs relate to identity development and psychosocial adjustment in Portuguese 12th-grade students (N = 462) who prepare the transition to higher education or to the job market. Path model results revealed two distinct pathways: a ¡°growth-oriented pathway¡± from need-supporting parenting to integrated career exploration, commitment-making and well-being via need satisfaction and a ¡°vulnerability¡± pathway from need-thwarting parenting to both diminished well-being and ill-being through need frustration. Findings suggest that perceived parental support is a protective factor, and parental thwarting a risk factor for career decision-making, but this relation is mediated by the adolescents¡¯ subjective feelings of psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Altogether, they suggest the need to customize interventions with adolescents to address ¡°bright¡± and ¡°dark¡± trajectories of identity development and establish a supportive counseling climate that facilitates the exploration of different aspects of self-environment in career transition periods
%K career decision-making
%K research content areas
%K vocational identity
%K research content areas
%K motivation
%K research content areas
%K psychological needs
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0894845316672742