A Dual Mediating Effects of the Career Readiness and Self-directed Learning Performance on the Relationship between Growth Mindset and College Life Adjustment

This study aims to verify the dual mediation effect of self-directed learning competency and career readiness in the relationship between college students' mindset and college life adjustment. The study population was 214 college students enrolled in community colleges and four-year universities, and the dual mediation effect was confirmed using descriptive statistics, reliability, correlation analysis, and Process Macro Model 6. The results showed that, first, there was a significant correlation between college students' growth mindset, self-directed learning competency, career readiness, and college life adjustment. Second, we tested the significant mediating effects of self-directed learning competency and career readiness on the relationship between college students' growth mindset and college life adjustment. Third, the full dual mediation effect of self-directed learning competency and career readiness was confirmed in the relationship between college students' growth mindset and college life adjustment. This study is significant in that it provides evidence that growth mindset, self-directed learning competency, and career readiness are both directly and indirectly useful in helping college students to college life adjustment, thus providing a basis for developing various programs and counseling to enhance college students' adjustment to college life.