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Perceived career-development constraints are examined as a secondary concurrent correlate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retained questionnaire responses from 237 workers recruited in China were reanalyzed using ordinal measurement assessment, covariate-adjusted composite-score regression, and 5,000 case-resampling bootstrap replications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher professional-isolation scores were associated with lower QWL scores after adjustment for the retained five-item social-isolation index and demographic characteristics (b = \u22120.307, 95% CI [-0.430, \u22120.185]). A negative statistical indirect association involving perceived career-development constraints was also observed. Estimates were similar under record-matching and response-pattern sensitivity checks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study identifies a work-related score association not fully accounted for by the retained social-isolation index. This finding supports examining professional guidance and development opportunities in occupation-specific research. 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