Raw Data for Exploring the Causes of Employment Anxiety Among Undergraduate Students in Applied Private Universities and Its Correlation Mechanisms with Professional Commitment, Psychological Capital, and Proactive Personality

The screening criteria were as follows: based on scores on the Professional Commitment Scale (high commitment defined as 1 standard deviation above the mean, low commitment as 1 standard deviation below the mean) and the Employment Anxiety Scale (using the same criteria), four basic combinations were formed.

Additionally, participants’ levels of proactive personality (high/low) were determined by their responses to two questionnaire items: whether they had internship experience lasting more than one month and whether they had served as class cadres.Based on these criteria, a total of 25 graduating students from an applied private university in Shandong Province were ultimately included as participants, distributed across six combinations: high commitment–low anxiety–high proactivity, low commitment–high anxiety–low proactivity, high commitment–high anxiety–low proactivity, low commitment–low anxiety–high proactivity, low commitment–high anxiety–high proactivity, and high commitment–low anxiety–low proactivity.The interview guide was designed around the research objectives and five core domains: unique causes, professional commitment, psychological capital, employment anxiety, proactive personality, and coping behaviors.