The Study on the Mediating Effects of "Self-esteem" in the Relationship between High School Students' "Adaptation to School Life" and "Career Maturity."

고등학생의 학교생활적응과 진로성숙과의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개효과에 관한 연구

"Career maturity" is very crucial for high school students since it has an impact on their career path and decision-making. Not only that, it is also important in self-realization and happiness as well as maximizing human resources. When it comes to understanding high school students' career path, it is necessary to know how they perceive school life since they spend most of their time in school. It's also vital to observe in the perspective of students' personal growth. This study seeks to understand the relationship between "adaptation to school life" "self-esteem" and "career maturity". To accomplish this, the 7th additional surveys conducted by Welfare Panel Study were used. The survey was conducted among 496 high school students in order to come up with descriptive statistics and correlation between "adaptation to school life" and "self-esteem" as well as the level of "career maturity". Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to understand the effects of "adaptation to school life" and "self-esteem" on "career maturity." The Baron and Kennny mediation analysis were used to understand the effects when the mediating role of "self-esteem" comes into the relationship between "adaptation to school life" and "career maturity". The results of the analysis are as follows: First, the average age for high school students' "career maturity" is 2.07, while it is 1.91 for "self-esteem". For "adaptation to school life," the relationship between "obedience to school regulations" and "relationship with friends" was relatively higher than the relationship between "attitude toward school life" and "interest in school life" Second, high school students' "career maturity" "adaptation to school life" and "self-esteem" were thought to be statistically meaningful since it showed that they had a positive relationship with each other. Third, "interest in school life" "attitude toward school life" and "obedience to school life" and "relationship with friends" in which all of these are the sub factors for "adaptation to school life" together with "self-esteem" had an influence on high school students' "career maturity". Lastly, the relationship between "adaptation to school life" and "career maturity" was proved to be influenced by the partial mediating role of "self-esteem". As the study seeks to find relationships and the factors that affect high school students' "career maturity" meaningful information is given out for the development and progress of educational programs for "career maturity". This was done by understanding the fundamental and systematic approach towards "career maturity" in the students' perspective.

진로의 결정이 중요하게 작용하는 고등학생에게 있어 진로성숙은 개인적인 자아실현과 행복을 위해서만이 아니라 국가 인적자원의 극대화를 위해서도 매우 중요하다. 대부분의 시간을 학교에서 보내는 고등학생의 진로에 대한 이해는 학생의 측면에서 그들이 인지하는 학교에 대한 생각과 개인적인 성장의 관점에서 바라봄이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 고등학생의 진로성숙을 학교생활 적응과 자아존중감과의 관계에서 파악해 보고자 7차년도 한국복지패널의 부가조사 자료를 이용하였다. 고등학생 496명을 분석대상으로 학교생활적응, 자아존중감, 진로성숙의 정도와 관계를 파악하고자 기술통계 및 상관관계분석을 하였으며, 학교생활 적응과 자아존중감이 진로성숙에 미치는 상대적 영향력을 살펴보고자 위계적 중다회귀분석을, 학교생활적응과 진로성숙간의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개변인 역할을 파악하고자 Baron과 Kennny의 매개효과분석법과 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고등학생의 진로성숙은 평균 2.07이며, 자아존중감은 1.91로 나타났으며, 학교생활적응에서는 학교규범준수와 친구관계가 학교생활태도, 학교생활흥미보다 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 고등학생의 진로성숙, 학교생활적응, 자아존중감은 통계적으로 유의미한 정적상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 학교생활적응의 하위영역인 학교생활흥미, 학교생활태도, 학교규범준수, 친구관계와 자아존중감은 고등학생의 진로성숙에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인으로 밝혀졌다. 넷째, 학교생활적응과 진로성숙과의 관계에서 자아존중감의 부분매개효과가 검증되었다. 고등학생의 진로성숙에 미치는 영향력과 관련성을 파악한 본 연구는 학생측면에서 진로성숙을 위한 근본적이고 체계적인 접근을 이해하게 함으로써, 진로성숙 교육 프로그램 개발과 진행에 의미 있는 정보를 제공할 것이다.