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The relationship between college students' self-identity and future orientation: a moderated chain-mediating model
Peiyu Qiu1, Huan Wang2, Huarong Wang3
1Student Affair Office, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|April 21, 2025
Summary
Self-identity influences college students' future orientation through self-continuity. Parenting style moderates this relationship, highlighting the interplay of individual and environmental factors in development.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Self-awareness is crucial for college students' future development, impacting mental health and employment.
- Understanding the factors influencing future orientation is vital for supporting student success.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the relationship between self-identity and future orientation in college students.
- To investigate the mediating role of self-continuity (past and future) in this relationship.
- To examine the moderating effect of parenting style on the association between self-identity and future orientation.
Main Methods:
- Survey data collected from 563 college students (aged 18-23).
- Utilized scales for self-identity, self-continuity (past and future), and future orientation (consideration of future consequences).
- Employed Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS to analyze mediation and moderation effects.
Main Results:
- Self-continuity (both past and future) significantly mediated the link between self-identity and future orientation.
- Parenting style moderated the indirect effect, with democratic parenting strengthening the positive link between self-identity and past self-continuity.
- Non-democratic parenting showed a stronger negative prediction from past self-continuity to future orientation.
Conclusions:
- Self-continuity acts as a key mediator connecting self-identity to future orientation in college students.
- Parenting style significantly moderates the indirect pathway, emphasizing the role of family environment.
- Findings highlight the need to consider both individual psychological factors and environmental influences, such as parenting, in shaping students' future outlook.
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