The Mediating Role of Growth Mindset in the Relationship between Career Identity, Major Satisfaction, and Career Adaptability among Korean Nursing Students

This study aimed to examine the relationship between career identity, major satisfaction, growth mindset, and career adaptability, and determine whether a growth mindset can mediate the respective relationships between career identity and career adaptability, and between major satisfaction and career adaptability among nursing students. This is a descriptive cross-sectional design, and participants were 192 nursing students. Data were collected from January 10 to 24, 2022, using an online self-administered survey. Our results showed significant positive correlations among career identity, major satisfaction, growth mindset, and career adaptability. Furthermore, growth mindset had significant mediating effects on the respective relationships of career identity and major satisfaction with career adaptability (β=0.54, p<.001; β=0.56, p<.001). Programs designed to cultivate a growth mindset can improve nursing students’ career adaptability by amplifying the effects of career identity and major satisfaction.