“…Promoting career adaptability and avoiding career ambivalence have long been considered as important lifelong pursuits because individuals typically navigate through various career transitions and paths over the life course (Kanten, Kanten, & Yes ßiltas ß, 2016;Zikic & Hall, 2009). Adolescence is a critical stage during which individuals often begin to prepare themselves for the world of work and develop a vocational identity (Lee, Porfeli, & Hirschi, 2016). Both theoretical work (e.g., Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) and empirical findings (e.g., Sawitri & Creed, 2017;Sawitri, Creed, & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2015;Wang & Heppner, 2002;Young et al, 2006) have highlighted the key roles of parents in fostering adolescents' exploration of their educational and career developmental plans to decrease career ambivalence and to promote career adaptability.…”