Career Exploration and Career Adaptability: Parallel Mediating Roles of Learning Engagement and Career Calling

To explore the connection between career exploration and career adaptability, this study constructs a concurrent mediation framework grounded in career structure theory. Using the Career Exploration Scale, Career Adaptability Scale, Learning Engagement Scale, and Sense of Career Calling Scale, we examined a sample of 996 college students. The findings indicated a strong positive correlation between career exploration and career adaptability (r=0.58, P<0.01). Additionally, learning engagement and career calling partially mediated this relationship (R2=0.34, F=506.46; R2=0.25, F=330.84). This study shows that career exploration, learning engagement, and career calling positively correlate with career adaptability, with career exploration predicting career adaptability both directly and indirectly through these mediators.