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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Benefit of Being Proactive: The Effect of Proactive Personality on Professional Identity Among Chinese College Students.

Weilin Su, Xiao Gui, Huiyuan Chen

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Weilin SuSchool of Literature, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089, China.
Xiao GuiSchool of Literature, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089, China.
Huiyuan ChenSchool of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0009-0001-6843-7407

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Beijing Municipal Education Science "14th Five-Year Plan" 2025 Youth Project CCEA25164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on social cognitive career theory, this study constructs and empirically tests a double-mediation model to elucidate the effect of proactive personality on professional identity among Chinese college students. Additionally, it delves into the mediating mechanisms underlying future self-continuity and career calling in this relationship. This study employs a three-stage data collection strategy, collecting data from 382 college students at a normal university in China. Statistical analysis results show that the proactive personality of college students has a significant positive impact on their future self-continuity, career calling, and professional identity. Meanwhile, future self-continuity and career calling of college students both play a mediating role in the influence of proactive personality on professional identity. In conclusion, the results of this study provide the academic community with a new perspective to explain the relationship between proactive personality and professional identity and can also provide specific guidance for improving college students' professional identity in practice.

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career callingcollege studentsfuture self-continuityproactive personalityprofessional identitysocial cognitive career theory

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