ArticleJournal of adolescence2026
The Big Five, Life Satisfaction, and Job Identity Development: A Longitudinal Study on the School-to-Work Transition.
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- Perceived Acceleration in Working Life and Meaning in Life: The Role of Sense of Agency and Urban-Rural Differences.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Big Five, Life Satisfaction, and Job Identity Development: A Longitudinal Study on the School-to-Work Transition.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
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introductionThe school-to-work transition presents a crucial period in young adults' identity development, during which the formation of a job identity becomes a key developmental task. However, job identity development during this transition and the individual traits that predict it remain unexplored. This study aimed to examine job identity development among Japanese youth during their first year of employment and investigate whether the Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction during university predicted job identity after entering the workforce.
methodsParticipants included 397 young Japanese adults (M
resultsA latent change score model revealed a significant decrease in the mean level of in-depth exploration of job identity over time. Changes related to commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment displayed significant variance. Extraversion positively predicted commitment level, agreeableness negatively predicted changes in in-depth exploration, and neuroticism positively predicted reconsideration of commitment. Life satisfaction positively predicted both commitment and in-depth exploration levels, and negatively predicted change in commitment.
conclusionThese findings provide insights into the individual differences that predict job identity development during the school-to-work transition and deepen the understanding of job identity formation during young adulthood.
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