Career adaptability and career insecurity in the association between university career support and mental wellbeing among Chinese undergraduates

University students approaching graduation must manage academic demands while forming career plans under uncertain employment conditions, yet the psychological relevance of university career support remains incompletely understood. This cross-sectional study examined whether perceived university career support was associated with mental well-being through career adaptability and whether this indirect association varied with career insecurity. The analytic sample included 800 third- and fourth-year undergraduates from five public universities in Zhejiang Province, China.

Covariate-adjusted HC3 regressions showed that career support was positively associated with career adaptability (b = 0.366, p