Latent profile analysis of emotional clarity and acceptance in school-to-work transition students: association with depression and life satisfaction

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This study identified school-to-work transition student profiles based on emotional clarity and acceptance levels and examined how these profiles differed according to depression and life satisfaction levels. A latent profile analysis of 375 Korean college students identified four groups: (a) medium clarity and low acceptance (MCLA), (b) low clarity and low acceptance (LCLA), (c) high clarity and high acceptance (HCHA), and (d) medium clarity and medium acceptance (MCMA). Of these, the HCHA group had significantly lower levels of depression and higher levels of life satisfaction than the MCLA, LCLA, and MCMA groups. These results indicate that students not only require a clear understanding of their emotions but must also accept those emotions to prevent depression and experience life satisfaction in transition periods. The paper ends by discussing the study's limitations and implications.

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