The mediating role of 21st century skills in the relationship between future orientation and career anxiety

The aim of this study is to reveal the mediating role of 21st century skills in the relationship between future orientation and career anxiety of high school students. The research was designed with the relational screening model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. 589 students participated in the research in which maximum variation sampling method was used. As the data collection tool in the research; “Personal Information Form”, “Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale”, “Future Visions Scale" and “Career Anxiety Scale” were used. In the study, Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to examine the relationship between the variables, and structural equation modeling was used to examine the mediating role of 21st century skills. According to the analyzes; it was seen that there was a low level negative relationship between career anxiety and future orientation; a low level negative relationship between career anxiety and 21st century skills and a low level positive relationship between future orientation and 21st century skills. A significant difference was found in terms of gender and school type variables in future orientation, career anxiety and 21st century skills of high school students, and in terms of grade level variable in career anxiety. As a result of the analysis conducted to test the mediating role of 21st century skills, it was seen that 21st century skills had a partial mediating role in the relationship between future orientation and career anxiety of high school students.