Introduction. College students are in the stage of career exploration, and some of them lack sufficient knowledge of their own majors and abilities, and lack long-term career planning in terms of employment choice. The family’s background in economic, cultural and social aspects affects the individual’s choice of profession, which in turn correlates with the students’ career maturity. Therefore, this study examines the influencing factors of career maturity from the perspective of family capital, which can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the role of the family in the individual’s career development.
Study participants and methods. In this study, students majoring in painting at three fine arts colleges in Liaoning Province will be selected as the research subjects of this study. A total of 880 official questionnaires of this study were recovered, and after deleting the invalid questionnaires with too short a response time and too much repetitiveness of answers, 816 valid questionnaires were retained, with an effective recovery rate of 92.73%. This study uses the research method of questionnaire survey method.
Results. The results of t-test analysis of family capital by gender show that the t-value is 0.456 which is not significant (p> .05), indicating that there is no significant difference between the students’ “gender” in terms of family capital; and the results of t-test analysis of vocational maturity by gender show that the t-value is 1.401 which is not significant (p> .05). The results of one-way ANOVA analysis of family capital by grade showed that the F-value was 0.526 which was not significant (p> .05), indicating that there was no significant difference in family capital by ‘grade’ of the students; the results of one-way ANOVA analysis of vocational maturity by grade showed that the F-value was 1.202 which was not significant (p> .05). level (p> .05). The results of t-test analysis of family capital by place of origin show that the t-value of 14.195 reaches the significant level (p< .001), indicating that there is a significant difference in family capital by students’ “place of origin”. The result of t-test analysis of career maturity by place of origin shows that the t-value is 14.156 which is significant (p< .001) and indicates that there is a significant difference in career maturity by ‘place of origin’ of students. Family capital (β= .719, p< .001) was a significant positive predictor of career maturity, indicating that the higher the students’ family capital, the higher their career maturity.
Conclusion. In this study, through the questionnaire method, the influence of Family Capital on career maturity was systematically analyzed, and the roles of Family Economic Capital, Family Cultural Capital, and Family Social Capital in the development of students’ career maturity were verified. Through this comprehensive analysis, the study not only deepens the understanding of career maturity but also provides a solid theoretical foundation for further exploring the differences in career development and social mobility among different social classes in the future.
Keywords: family capital, social capital, stratification theory, career development, career maturity
For Reference: Zang, D. B., & Jiang, M. (2025). The effect of family capital on students’ career maturity. Perspektivy nauki i obrazovania = Perspectives of Science and Education, (2), 329–345. https://doi.org/10.32744/pse.2025.2.21
Information about the authors:
Man Jiang (Thailand, Bangkok) — Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor. Education Management, Chinese International College. Dhurakij Pundit University. E-mail: man.jia@dpu.ac.th
Dabao Zang (China, Shenyang) — Doctor of Philosophy (Education Management). Teaching and Research Office. The Attached Secondary Art School of Lu Xun Academy of Arts. E-mail: 314091507@qq.com
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