Predicting the sustainable career development based on Life Project Reflexivity and the career adaptability

Based on the life design paradigm, career construction adaptation model, and recent directions from the perspective of career guidance, the present study was conducted with the aim of predicting the sustainable career development   among students.The current study was a descriptive-survey which used regression analysis method. The statistical population included all bachelor and master degrees of female students at Hazrat-e Masoumeh University in 2021. From this community, 260 students volunteered to participate in research. Data were collected using demographic characteristics questionnaire, sustainable career development scale (Argyropoulou, 2021), life project reflexivity scale (Argyropoulou et al., 2020) & career adaptability scale (Savickas & Profeli, 2012). The data were analyzed and calculated using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (correlation coefficient and regression analysis) and SPSS software. The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between the sustainable career development and its dimensions, life project reflexivity and its dimensions, and the career adaptability (p<0/05). Also, life project reflexivity and career adaptability (as predictor variables) describe 0.659 and 0.342 of the variances of the sustainable career development (as the predictor variable) (p<0/05). With attention to the constant changing structure of career systems, it is important to achieve sustainable career development. According to the findings obtained in this study, life project reflexivity and the career adaptability predict sustainable career development. Therefore, based on life project reflexivity and the career adaptability, people can be guided to achieve the sustainable career development.