Career unreadiness in relation to anxiety and authoritarian parenting among undergraduates

Figures & data

Table 1 Standardised factor loadings, based on Model 1.

Factor/item	Trait	Method
Authoritarian parenting (When I was growing up)
Expecting me to do it immediately without asking any questions	0.640	0.063
Not allowing me to question any decision	0.592	0.087
Feeling that more force should be used	0.604	0.082
Teaching me who was boss in the family	0.526	0.165
Getting very upset if I tried to disagree with her/him	0.591	− 0.013
Punishing me if I did not meet those expectations	0.539	0.014
Strictly and forcibly dealing with me	0.346	0.204
Telling me exactly what she/he wanted me to do	0.415	0.229
Insisting that I conformed to those expectations	0.431	0.134
Career indecision
A general difficulty in making decisions	0.790	0.049
A general need for confirmation and support for decisions	0.682	0.133
A general tendency to avoid commitment	0.476	0.087
A general fear of failure	0.633	0.142
Career myth
A belief that entering a career will solve personal problems	0.721	0.120
A belief that there is an ideal career which can fulfil all aspirations	0.507	0.225
A belief that a career choice is a one-time thing	0.804	0.243
Anxiety
I feel nervous and restless	0.579	− 0.200
I feel satisfied with myself (r)	0.379	− 0.549
I wish I could be as happy as others seem to be	0.360	− 0.117
I feel like a failure	0.550	− 0.035
I feel that difficulties are piling up so that I cannot overcome them	0.584	− 0.059
I worry too much over something that really does not matter	0.510	− 0.009
I am happy (r)	0.396	− 0.558
I have disturbing thoughts	0.520	− 0.004
I lack self-confidence	0.427	− 0.084
I feel secure (r)	0.407	− 0.551
I feel inadequate	0.494	− 0.059
Some unimportant thoughts run through my mind and bother me	0.550	− 0.014
I take disappointments so keenly that I cannot put them out of my mind	0.660	− 0.051
I get in a state of tension or turmoil as I think over my recent concerns	0.491	− 0.015

Note: (r): reverse scoring.

Figure 1 Schema of the basic model.

Table 2 Standardised direct effects.

Predictor	Model 1
Predicting anxiety
Career indecision	0.604^*^*^*
Career myth	0.150^*
Authoritarian parenting	0.330^*^*^*
Year of study	0.078
Age	− 0.075
Female	− 0.027
R^2	0.510
Predicting career indecision
Authoritarian parenting	0.196^*^*
Year of study	− 0.170
Age	0.111
Female	0.140
R^2	0.067
Predicting career myth
Authoritarian parenting	0.258^*^*^*
Year of study	− 0.103
Age	0.032
Female	− 0.074
R^2	0.083

^*p <  0.05, ^**p <  0.01, ^***p <  0.001.