| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系 === 102 === The purpose of this study is to make a thorough inquiry about the process of unemployment and career adaptability in emerging adulthood. The researcher used purposive sampling to select ten study participants who had been through unemployment over half a year during their twenties. What kinds of internal and external resources were used to facilitate career adaptation, and the process of unemployment in emerging adulthood were induced and extracted from the experiences the participants shared. The researcher implied qualitative method and grounded theory as basis of data analysis. The steps include open coding, axial coding and selective coding.
The result of the research presents that the career adaptability during emerging adulthood consists of two parts: external environmental resources and internal psychological resources. Social relationship and the quality of the environment are two main themes under external environmental resources. Social relationship contains：(1) Accompany, support and assistance from relationship; (2) Safe and trustworthy relationship which meets the need of being accepted; (3) Autonomy respected. The quality of the environment contains: (1) Financial independence; (2) Sense of security offered by family support; (3) Relaxing and free living atmosphere; (4) Environment beneficial for learning; (5) Sufficient job offers; (6) Social welfare intervention and assistance.
Main themes under internal psychological resources are motivation, attitude and behavior toward career goals, and stress coping. Motivation toward career goals contains: (1) The need to change; (2) Correspondence between career goal and career interest; (3) Self-expectations; (4) Eager for approval and identification; (5) Pursuit of ideal lifestyle. Attitude toward career goals includes: (1) Committed and responsible for goals and choices; (2) Perseverance; (3) Enjoy the process of pursuing goals; (4) Courage to try and confront challenges; (5) Think independently. Behavior toward career goals contains: (1) Strengthen competence actively; (2) Move toward the goal whole-heartedly, remove distractions in life; (3) Seize favorable opportunities after self-assessment; (4) Reflect on experience and learn from it; (5) Maintain an orderly life; (6) Use resources around. Stress coping consists of : (1) Have personalized ways of emotional adjustment; (2) Face the problem, try to change the current situation; (3) Give experiences positive meanings; (4) Self-motivation; (5) Value the quality of life; (6) Be grateful for what one has.
As the participants entered unemployment, there had been an interaction between life stresses and career adaptabilities till the unemployment was over. While they faced various kinds of stress, the career adaptability helps them to cope and move on. This study sorts out four aspects of stress during unemployment in emerging adulthood. Environmental stresses include: (1) Economic environment unfavorable to job seeking; (2) Unfriendly workplace. (3) Low salary. Personal stresses are: (1) Challenges in part-time job and learning; (2) Pressures from upcoming exams; (3) Experiences of frustration; (4) Financial stress; (5) Other stresses. Relational stresses include: (1) Attention from family members; (2) Undertake expectations; (3) Guilt and shame accompanying dependence; (4) Pressure from peer comparison; (5) Loneliness. Stresses from feelings about self are: (1) Self-doubt; (2) Anxiety deriving from uncertainty; (3) Identity confusion; (4) Lack of life goals and sense of meaning.
According to the result of this study, young people unemployed who put themselves in pursuit of ideal lifestyle, confront uncertainty with autonomy and flexibility are able to deal with stresses under unemployment more properly, achieving successful adaptation and personal growth. Finally, the researcher gives limitations and advices about this study.
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