This study presents a proof-of-concept investigation of whether brief exposure to hopeful video content can influence short-term, self-reported depressive symptoms. Guided by hope theory, hopeful video stimuli were identified using a data-informed selection procedure. In a randomized experiment with 385 participants, a single session of hopeful video viewing increased positive emotions and state agency thinking, resulting in a modest but significant 2.28-point reduction in state depression scores compared with nonhopeful positive videos (p < .001). Mediation analyses indicated that positive emotions and agency thinking accounted for 25.0% and 14.9% of the total effect, respectively, with a direct pathway explaining 55.7%. These effects were consistent across baseline levels of trait depression. Overall, the findings provide preliminary evidence that hope-related media exposure can produce measurable short-term improvements in mood, highlighting its potential role as a scalable, theory-informed mood-regulation resource.

This research applies system justification theory to understand the concept of precarity in the hospitality sector, offering insights into the deeply rooted structural problems associated with the precarious nature of migrant employment in Asia. The underlying causes of precarity in employment include both objective and subjective factors. The structural conditions, legal and economic factors, represent a lack of security in their current work and living conditions. At the same time, the subjective interpretations of stereotypical and meritocratic barriers indicate a lack of predictability for their future growth. In addition, utilitarian and benevolent leadership styles either amplify or buffer the perceived precarity among migrant workers. This research highlights the importance of career development and self-actualisation for migrant workers, providing insights to inform organisational policies and coping strategies that support their well-being.

Drawing upon self-regulation theory and proactive motivation model, this study investigated the motivational pathways between perceived overqualification and self-regulation behaviors (i.e., job search and job crafting). We conducted three-wave questionnaire surveys with 259 recent college graduates in China. Our findings, as revealed through cross-lagged analysis, indicated that perceived overqualification negatively predicted career self-efficacy. Furthermore, structural equation modeling revealed that perceived overqualification negatively predicted job search and job crafting through the serial mediation of career self-efficacy and career exploration. Conversely, perceived overqualification positively predicted job search and job crafting through the serial mediation of anger experienced at work and career exploration. By revealing these two significant yet contrasting mediation pathways, this study advances the theoretical understanding of how overqualified employees are motivated in self-regulation of their careers. Practically, this study also contributed to potential intervention plans that aim at promoting the career success of overqualified employees.

A lack of a sense of belonging within male-dominated fields has been found to explain the underrepresentation and high attrition of women in engineering. Extending social identity theory, this study aimed to explore whether traditional gender role attitudes (GRAs) in engineering classrooms serve as cues to gender identity threat. Whether gender role mindsets (GRMs) in classrooms act as gender identity safety cues that buffer the threat’s effect on female undergraduates’ sense of belonging was also investigated. Study 1 examined whether perceived GRMs in classrooms moderated the mediating effect of perceived traditional GRAs in classrooms on the sense of belonging to engineering majors through gender identity threat perceptions in a sample of 607 engineering undergraduates. The results revealed that the negative indirect relationship between traditional GRAs in classrooms and sense of belonging, mediated by gender identity threat, was significant for women who perceived moderate or higher levels (more fixed) of GRMs in classrooms. This conditional indirect effect was observed only in women (not in men) engineering undergraduates. Study 2 aimed to provide causal validation of the buffering effects found in Study 1 by manipulating classroom GRM beliefs. The results supported the proposed moderating effects of GRMs. Multilevel analysis revealed that the relationship between gender identity threat perception and sense of belonging was not significant among women engineering students only.

BackgroundRecent research on self-control has shifted in focus from the effortful inhibition of desire to the broader process and more effortless mechanisms of self-control. With this trend, self-control strategies have received increasing attention from researchers.However, the categorization and measurement of self-control strategies remains inadequate for balancing theoretical and ecological validity, especially for the Chinese context; thus, a valid conceptual basis and a deeper understanding of the inherent properties of self-control strategies are lacking for further exploration of the effects of, and interventions for, different strategy types. Methods The present research established a taxonomy of self-control strategies by collecting and coding people’s daily experiences (Study 1) and assessed the psychometric properties of both this classification framework and its corresponding measurement tool across three independent samples (Study 2). Considering the strategy intervention, the study also preliminarily compared the degree of effortlessness among different strategies in an attempt to clarify whether the degree of effortlessness was equal for individuals with different levels of self-control (Study 3). Results Results established a four-category taxonomy of self-control strategies , synthesizing two foundational models (the P-I model and the process model of self-control) while generating novel strategy classes. A psychometrically robust Self-Control Strategies Questionnaire (SCSQ) was developed. The effortlessness across categories diverged from theoretical predictions, primarily modulated by executants' self-control function. Discussion Contrasting this structure with extant theories and measures clarified inter-model relationships and proposed three mechanistic dimensions underpinning strategy categorization. Further discussions include: (a) propounding the anticipatory mechanism of interventive strategies—previously overlooked; (b) reinterpreting the effortlessness of the strategies; (c) demonstrating SCSQ’s practical utility; and (d) delineating future research trajectories. Conclusions Daily self-control strategies can be categorized into four types (Interventive, Temptation-Oriented, Goal-Oriented Preventive, and Interpersonal Preventive strategies), representing three key dimensions: (a) the preventive-interventive dichotomy (as proposed in the P-I model); (b) the goal-temptation dichotomy (central to traditional self-control theories); and (c) the intrapersonal-interpersonal dichotomy (reflecting current frontiers in self-control research). Contrary to theoretical hypotheses, preventive strategies were not more effortless than the interventive strategies. The effortlessness of a strategy is not inherent but modulated by the strategy user's self-control capacity.

Purpose This study aims to present the evolution of decent work studies. Findings point to several directions for future research efforts, including conceptualizing decent work and the pandemic’s associated impact. Results will help to guide government authorities to promote decent work by delivering fair income, increasing the stability and security of employment and monitoring employees’ work-life balance. Design/methodology/approach This review consists of knowledge mapping based on keywords from multidisciplinary studies on decent work and the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) model on tourism and hospitality studies. First, keyword knowledge mapping was conducted in VOSviewer, resulting in 667 papers. Then, a PRISMA model generated a systematic review of the literature in tourism and hospitality based on 41 papers. Findings Knowledge mapping revealed six thematic clusters, namely, Labor Rights and Gender Equality, Sustainability and Health, Psychology of Working Theory, Conceptualization of Decent Work, Marginalized Groups and Unemployment and Job Quality. According to the PRISMA model, the conceptual evolution of decent work in tourism and hospitality can be divided into three stages: initial (1999–2008), emerging (2009–2018) and development (2019–present). Research limitations/implications Based on the findings, further interdisciplinary research into decent work is recommended. Scholars in the tourism and hospitality sector can incorporate other fields of decent work, such as psychology, to broaden the lens of studies to discover the role of meaning and purpose in the workplace and to promote the concept to its fullest extent. Furthermore, employees’ assessments of decent work might help businesses improve human resources management via corporate social responsibility measures. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first systematic review of decent work in tourism and hospitality. It shows that this notion is in its infancy, as most studies on the topic thus far have been empirical and descriptive. Nonetheless, most findings contribute to knowledge and practice by clarifying industry employment conditions.

Purpose- In recent years, students have found careers in the tourism and hospitality (T&H) industry less attractive. Attracting and retaining young talents has become more challenging for the T&H industry in the post-pandemic era. To help solve the talent shortage problem, it is vital to understand how students perceive careers and what influences their career planning. The career construction theory indicates an integration between personal needs and career-related expectations. It provides a theoretical framework for the present study to understand what motivates students to begin their careers in the T&H industry. This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between students' career adaptability and optimism and their effect on future career intentions.Design/methodology/approach- An online survey was conducted in mainland China to investigate the interrelationships between career adaptability, career optimism and future career intention. A total of 492 valid responses were collected from students studying T&H.Findings- The findings revealed that career optimism positively influences career adaptability and future career intention, respectively. Conversely, career adaptability is found to have a negative impact on future career intention. Moreover, career optimism has a mediating effect on the relationship between career adaptability and future career intention. The results would benefit educators in career counselling for students and industry practitioners to develop effective career management strategies for young talents in their respective organisations.Originality/value- The application of career construction theory drawn from vocational psychology is suitable to provide knowledge and insights into the development of T&H career research. This study contributes to fill the knowledge gap concerning career adaptation, career optimism and future career intention.

For higher vocational students, the college stage is an important period in their career development, and the college experience plays an important role in the relationship between their proactive personality and career adaptability, which in turn has a significant impact on their future career development. From the perspective of social cognitive career theory and taking 476 vocational students as samples, this paper explores the mediating role of college experience between proactive personality and career adaptability of vocational college students. The college experience scale is revised for higher vocational students, and it is verified to have good reliability and validity. SPSS and Amos were used to conduct correlation analysis，and the PROCESS macro was used for mediating effect analysis. The results show that the college experience of vocational students plays a partial mediating role in the effect of proactive personality on career adaptability. This work innovatively uses social cognitive career theory to explore the role of college experience in the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability among vocational students. The theoretical models are established and empirical verification is conducted, confirming that higher vocational students’ college experience can affect their career adaptability. These results provide empirical evidence for vocational colleges to improve the career guidance of college students, and intervention measures are proposed to enhance students’ career adaptability during school years, thus promoting their sustainable development.

This study explored the association between two parental career expectations (reward/prestige and comfort/stability) and career indecisiveness with the moderation of gender in 523 Chinese undergraduates. We found that women undergraduates perceived lower parental reward/prestige and higher comfort/stability expectations than men. Perceived parental comfort/stability expectations on career indecisiveness were significant for men but non-significant for women. Results indicated a three-way interaction among parental expectations of reward/prestige, parental expectations of comfort/stability, and students’ gender in the prediction of career indecisiveness. For women, perceived parental comfort/stability and reward/prestige expectations had a significant interactive effect on career indecisiveness. Perceived parental reward/prestige expectations were positively associated with career indecisiveness only when they perceived higher levels of parental comfort/stability expectations. For men, perceived parental comfort/stability and reward/prestige expectations had no interactive effect on career indecisiveness. We addressed the importance of joint influences of differential parental expectations on young adults’ career decision-making across gender.

While there has been research focused on interpersonal relationships and their impact on stress and well-being, no instrument has been developed to comprehensively evaluate interpersonal stressors. This research sought to develop and validate an Interpersonal Stressors Scale (ISS) for Chinese college students through three studies. Focus groups were used to generate the initial item pool (Study 1). Then two large samples (N-1 = 511; N-2 = 330) were collected to explore the factor structure of the ISS and subsequently examine its reliability and validity estimates (study 2 and 3). Initial results indicated a model with 27 items and five first-order factors (interaction difficulty, behaving as expected, social criticism, relationship maintenance, and indebtedness avoidance) as well as two second-order factors (self-imposed stressors and other-imposed stressors) with strong psychometric properties. Criterion-related validity estimates indicated these two kinds of stressors were both associated with stress while having different relationships with general anxiety, depression, social anxiety, interpersonal satisfaction, and self-efficacy in social interactions. The nature and function of the structure for the ISS were discussed as well as the practical and research implications.

This study seeks to understand the recall of memorable tourism experience (MTE) from long-term memory. It primarily seeks to comprehend the recollection of MTEs from tourists' or alumni tourists' long-term memory, and to closely link MTEs to human emotions and travel destinations. A mixed-method approach, including semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire survey, was adopted to collect data from alumni tourists with travel experiences during their studies in the United Kingdom. The findings of qualitative research highlighted three factors - Attraction and Atmospheric Impressiveness, Activity and Event Engagement and Relationship and Friendship Development - as major emotional stimuli. Meanwhile, empirical results from the survey suggested that Relationship and Friendship Development and Recollection and Vividness of Experience significantly influenced revisit intention to their MTE destinations.

School psychologists are concerned about underperforming students; however, a recent study calls attention to a group of college students who believe themselves to outperform other students: students who perceive themselves as overqualified. In this study, we revisited the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification (POQ) by untangling the mediating mechanism between POQ, learning engagement, and life satisfaction. We also tested the interactions between the growth mindset and POQ. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted and attained some different results from previous studies: (1) POQ positively predicted learning engagement via the mediation of career aspiration and performance-approach goals but not performance-avoidance goals; (2) The positive effects of POQ on career aspirations, performance-approach goals, and learning engagement were weakened by the growth mindset; (3) The relationship between POQ and life satisfaction was nonsignificant. Relative deprivation negatively mediated this relationship, while generalized self-efficacy positively mediated this relationship. These findings enriched our understanding of how POQ may affect college students' learning and well-being; in addition, we also provided initial evidence that a growth mindset is less beneficial for members of advantaged groups in academic settings. Based on our findings, we offered practical suggestions regarding POQ students in colleges.

AIM:To develop a Chinese version of the return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE-11) and verify its reliability and validity. DESIGN:A validation study. METHODS:The RTW-SE-11 was translated into Chinese according to the Brislin's model, and then the semantic adjustment of questionnaire was carried out through multi-field expert evaluation and preliminary investigation. RESULTS:All 11 items of the original questionnaire were retained. Content validity index (CVI) of the Chinese version of RTW-SE-11 indicated good validity, with Inter-rater Agreement (IR) of 0.97, item CVI of 0.90-1.00 and questionnaire CVI of 0.91. Cronbach's α coefficient of RTW-SE-11 (Chinese version) was 0.923, suggesting high internal consistency, with test-retest reliability of 0.799 and half-fold reliability of 0.926. Patient or public contribution: The Chinese version of the RTW-SE-11 questionnaire confirmed good reliability and validity for the assessment of return to work self-efficacy in Chinese breast cancer patients.

Abstract School psychologists are always concerned about underperforming students; however, a recent study calls attention to a group of college students who believe themselves to outperform other students while also worrying about their futures: students who perceive themselves to be overqualified (POQ) (Wang et al., 2022). In this study, we revisited the double-edged sword model of college students’ POQ by untangling the mediating mechanism between POQ, learning engagement, and the life satisfaction of college seniors. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted and attained somewhat different results from previous studies: 1. POQ positively predicted learning engagement via the mediation of career aspiration and performance-approach goals, but not performance-avoidance goals; 2. The positive effects of POQ on career aspirations, performance-approach goals, and learning engagement were weakened by a growth mindset; 3. The relationship between POQ and life satisfaction was nonsignificant, relative deprivation negatively mediated this relationship while general self-efficacy positively mediated this relationship. These findings enriched our understanding of how POQ affect college students’ learning and living and provided evidence that growth mindset is less beneficial for members of advantaged groups in academic settings. Based on our findings, we offered practical suggestions regarding POQ students in colleges.

Women of Color (WOC) in the United States experience a unique form of intersecting oppression in the realm of work. Various previous studies have shown that WOC experience work objectively (e.g., wage disparity) and subjectively (e.g., compromised job satisfaction) differently than White women or Men of Color, indicating that WOC is less likely to attain decent work than their counterparts. In the present study, using psychology of working theory as the theoretical framework, we examined the predictors and outcomes of decent work (an aspirational goal for all working individuals) among a sample of working adults who self-identified as WOC (N = 270). Results indicated that WOC's lifetime experiences of economic constraints and marginalization, directly and indirectly, affected decent work attainment via work volition (a sense of choice in one's career). Moreover, the attainment of decent work was positively related to work fulfillment and well-being. The implications and future directions are discussed.

Few empirical studies have explored the familial impact on career indecisiveness in parent–child dyads. This study aimed to explore how parent–child incongruence in self-reliance is associated with career indecisiveness by conducting a polynomial regression model (PRM) with response surface analysis (RSA). The buffering role of psychological separation was also examined. This sample contained 520 undergraduates (51.35 % female, Mage = 21.42 years, SD = 1.25). The final model (i.e., shifted squared difference model) demonstrated parent–child incongruence in self-reliance, especially discrepancy directions, is predictive of career indecisiveness rather than parental or young adults' career expectations per se. Divergent children with a higher level of parental expectation in self-reliance experienced more career indecisiveness than those with lower levels. Low-level psychological separation may aggravate the association between parent–child incongruence and career indecisiveness. Both theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

IntroductionIt is necessary to investigate the effects of progressive resistance exercise (PRE) in patients with pituitary adenomas after surgery, to provide insights to the clinical management of pituitary adenomas.Material and methodsThis study is a pre- and post-control experimental study design with hypothesis that PRE can reduce the postoperative fatigue. Patients with pituitary adenoma were included. The control group received conventional postoperative rehabilitation guidance, and the PRE group received the PRE on the basis of routine rehabilitation. We measured the patient's muscle mass, muscle strength, vital capacity and postoperative fatigue level 1 day before and 12 weeks after the operation. SPSS 22.0 was used for data analysis.ResultsA total of 89 patients were enrolled, including 44 in the control group and 45 in the PRE group. There was no significant difference in muscle mass between the two groups in the 12th week after surgery, but the muscle loss of the left upper limb, trunk, and lower limbs of the control group was significantly higher than that of the PRE group (all P<0.05). The muscle strength and vital capacity of the control group were significantly lower than that of the intervention group, and the fatigue level was significantly higher than that of the PRE group(all P<0.05).ConclusionsProgressive resistance exercise is helpful to combat muscle loss, muscle strength and lung function decline caused by long-term bed rest in patients with pituitary adenoma after operation, thereby improving the postoperative fatigue level of patients.

We examined career locus of control (CLOC) as a moderator in calling and career commitment among 481 Chinese college students. Hierarchical regression indicated that powerful others' control and chance control weakened calling's relationship with career commitment. A person-centered cluster analysis identified four clusters: (1) high internal and high/moderate external, (2) low internal and high external, (3) high internal and low external, and (4) low internal and low external. Calling was positively correlated with career commitment for individuals in clusters 1 and 4, but the correlations were not significant among individuals in clusters 2 and 3.

The authors examined whether and how counselor interventions foster client change during life-design counseling (Savickas, 2015). Two counseling sessions were conducted. Interviews with the 2 clients and the counselor after each counseling session were done in accordance with interpersonal process recall (Larsen, Flesaker, & Stege, 2008). The results indicated a scheme of counselor interventions that corresponded to client change. Specifically, the counselor fostered client reflection and reflexivity by (a) exploring original constructions, (b) identifying problematic themes in the constructions, (c) interpreting those themes, (d) identifying and recording client change and reflection, (e) connecting the themes to current issues, (f) facilitating a process of critical review, and (g) facilitating the reconstruction process. The results add a counselor's perspective to the research on client change and suggest a study of cases facilitated by counselors with diverse styles and skills that could further identify links between client change and counselor intervention.