Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern
Abstract
:1. Introduction
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- Is positive future thinking associated with higher levels of environmental concern?
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- Does positive future thinking predict perceptions of sustainable careers?
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- Does environmental concern mediate the relationship between positive future thinking and perceptions of sustainable careers?
2. Literature Review
2.1. Emerging Adulthood, Future Thinking, and Environmental Concern
2.2. Positive Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions
2.3. The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern
2.4. Career Development and Sustainable Development Goals
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Participants and Procedure
3.2. Ethical Considerations
3.3. Measures
3.4. Data Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1. | 2. | 3. | |
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1. Positive Future Thinking | 2.99 | 0.72 | - | ||
2. Environmental Concern | 5.70 | 0.98 | 0.30 * | - | |
3. Sustainable Career | 3.66 | 0.66 | 0.68 * | 0.42 * | - |
Model | Model Fit | Model Comparison | ||||
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χ2/df | RMSEA (90% C.I.) | CFI | SRMS | ΔRMSEA | ΔCFI | |
Configural invariance | 2.517/34 * | 0.077 (0.057–0.097) | 0.947 | 0.061 | - | - |
Metric invariance | 2.342/39 * | 0.072 (0.053–0.092) | 0.946 | 0.065 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
Scalar invariance | 2.280/42 * | 0.071 (0.052–0.089) | 0.945 | 0.077 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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La Rosa, V.L.; Zammitti, A. Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern. Sustainability 2025, 17, 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17115146
La Rosa VL, Zammitti A. Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern. Sustainability. 2025; 17(11):5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17115146
Chicago/Turabian StyleLa Rosa, Valentina Lucia, and Andrea Zammitti. 2025. "Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern" Sustainability 17, no. 11: 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17115146
APA StyleLa Rosa, V. L., & Zammitti, A. (2025). Future Thinking and Sustainable Career Perceptions in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Environmental Concern. Sustainability, 17(11), 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17115146