The mediating role of career concerns between career goal inconsistency, alienation and loneliness

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dc.authorid0000-0003-2812-1106
dc.contributor.authorOzman, Cemal
dc.contributor.authorUgras, Sinan
dc.contributor.authorSagin, Ahmet Enes
dc.contributor.authorYucekaya, Mehmet Akif
dc.contributor.authorEyuboglu, Ender
dc.contributor.authorDaskesen, Sonay Serpil
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-03T12:00:03Z
dc.date.available2026-02-03T12:00:03Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractUncertainty and inconsistency in career goals can weaken students' psychosocial adjustment. While the existing literature reports a link between this situation and loneliness and alienation from university, evidence on how these connections develop, particularly among sports science students, is limited. This study examined the mediating role of career concerns in the relationship between career goal inconsistency, loneliness, and university alienation. The study included 631 students from the sports science faculty in T & uuml;rkiye. Validated self-report scales were used to measure the variables. The mediation analysis was carried out through the JASP 0.16.4 statistical program using structural equation modelling and bootstrap procedures. The tested model was confirmed. Career goal inconsistency positively associated with career concerns (beta = 0.46, p < 0.001), loneliness (beta = 0.21, p < 0.001), and alienation from university (beta = 0.26, p < 0.001). Career concerns also associated with loneliness (beta = 0.17, p < 0.001) and alienation (beta = 0.15, p < 0.001). Indirect associations were significant for the paths from career goal inconsistency to loneliness (beta = 0.08, p < 0.001) and to alienation (beta = 0.07, p = 0.001) through career concerns. The explained variances were R-2 = 0.36 for career concerns, R-2 = 0.16 for loneliness, and R-2 = 0.20 for alienation. These findings suggest that inconsistencies in career goals are associated with increased students' career anxiety, loneliness, and alienation from university, both directly and indirectly. Therefore, it is important to provide career counselling and guidance services that reduce students' anxiety and strengthen their sense of belonging to the university, especially in fields such as sports sciences, where career paths are often uncertain.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1670414
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.pmid41069670
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105018713061
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1670414
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34497
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001590231100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Sa
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260130
dc.subjectcareer goal inconsistency
dc.subjectcareer concerns
dc.subjectloneliness
dc.subjectalienation from university
dc.subjectsports sciences
dc.titleThe mediating role of career concerns between career goal inconsistency, alienation and loneliness
dc.typeArticle

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