• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.241-249
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• 2024

The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual variables that influence the behavior of college students who successfully set career goals, plan for achieving goals, and specifically practice them. As a result of analyzing the relationship between career stress, career decision-making self-efficacy, career motivation, and career preparation behavior through a survey of 300 four-year college students nationwide, career stress negatively affected career self-efficacy, career decision-making self-efficacy had a positive effect on career motivation, and career motivation had a positive effect on career preparation behavior. In addition, career decision-making self-efficacy and career motivation sequentially mediated between career stress and career preparation behavior. It is significant that college students found personal variables necessary to successfully prepare for career and confirmed the relationship between the variables through the results of this study.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the correlation among dental hygiene students' life stress, grit, and career decisionmaking self-efficacy, and to identify the factors influencing career decision-making self-efficacy. Methods: Data were collected through a survey from October 19 to November 7, 2020, targeting 196 students enrolled in dental hygiene departments in Daejeon and Daegu. Life stress, grit, and career decision-making self-efficacy were measured. For data analysis, the descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were performed using SPSS/WIN 24.0. Results: Life stress was 2.12 points, grit was 3.07 points, and career decision-making self-efficacy was 3.43 points. Career decision-making self-efficacy was influenced by satisfaction with the course department, as well as life stress and grit; the most influential factor was found to be grit. These variables could explain career decision-making self-efficacy by 23.8%. Conclusions: For students to advance successfully into society as dental hygienists, a career decision-making self-efficacy promotion program that can help students achieve self-confidence and establish career goals should be developed. additionally, a program that can enhance grit should be included in this development.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.98-106
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• 2020

In this paper, we show the career path of college students from the perspective of positive psychology. Specifically we conducted the study to investigate a role of grit in the relationship between college students' occupational calling and academic achievement and career stress. 151 college students participated in this study and they completed the Korean version of the Calling and Vocational Questionnaire, Grit Scale, and Career Stress Scale. To assess their academic achievement, participants agreed to obtain their GPA from online system. The results of this study showed that occupational calling had a positive correlation with academic achievement and negatively correlated with career stress. In addition, it was confirmed that grit mediated the relationship between calling and academic achievement and career stress. Based on these results, the positive effects of occupational calling of college students, implications of this study, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.2778-2788
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to find out the factors that stress for getting a job and psychological well-being affect career decision efficacy of college students. In order to accomplish the purpose, survey was conducted on 447 college students in the city of I. The results were first, college students' stress for getting a job, psychological well-being, and career decision efficacy didn't have difference by the distinction of sex. Second, some significant difference was present on college students' stress for getting a job, psychological well-being, and career decision efficacy by grade levels. Third, some meaningful correlation was shown on college students' stress for getting a job, psychological well-being, and career decision efficacy. Fourth, college students' stress for getting a job and psychological well-being have a positive impact on their career decision efficacy. As seen in such results, in the course of career search and choice, stress for getting a job and psychological well-being was shown as positive variables. When college students are making a decision on their career, their career decision efficacy can be an important factor of career counseling.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.449-455
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• 2023

This study aims to identify the importance of students career adaptability and analyze the mediating effect of career stress in the relationship between career adaptability and psychological well-being of Specialized Vocational High School students. Among Specialized High School, third-year students from Commercial High School in Gyenggi and Chungchenog regions were selected as the study subjects. The results of analyzing the structural relationship between career adaptability, career stress, and psychological well-being are as follows. First, the higher the career adaptability of high school students, the lower the career stress. Second, the lower the career stress, the higher the students' psychological well-being. Third, there was no direct effect between career adaptability and psychological well-being.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.8767-8775
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of career-related stress, commitment to a career choice and career decision self-efficacy of college students. The participants were 293 college students in P city. Data were collected by using self-report questionnaires from May 6 to 29, 2015. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson,s correlation coefficient and Hierarchical regression analysis by SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. The career-related stress was negatively correlated with commitment to a career choice (r=-.731, p<.001) and career decision self-efficacy(r=-.449, p<.001). The influencing factors of career-related stress were grade(${\beta}$=.99, p<.017) and commitment to a career choice(${\beta}$=-.707, p<.001). This study concludes that it is necessary to develop education program to improve commitment to a career choice and career decision self-efficacy.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.73-83
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of career decision self-efficacy and career maturity on employment stress in order to investigate the factors that can lower employment stress. For this purpose, the subject of 3rd and 4th grades 502 students in S university was analyzed by hierarchical regression analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, gender and age were found to affect overall employment stress. Female students had higher employment stress than male students, and the older they were, the higher the employment stress. Second, career decision self-efficacy and career maturity had negative effects on employment stress. This study will be used as basic data for the career guidance of university authorities.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.817-828
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• 2013

This study was pre-experimental research designed to compare the differences between pre-and post-program on nursing student's career maturity, career decision-making self-efficacy and employment stress. The subjects were 247 junior-year students in nursing school. Mean value for career maturity was from 2.59 to 2.57, career decision-making self-efficacy from score 3.44 to 3.65 in average(t=8.67, p<.001), and employment stress from score 2.94 to 2.83 in average(t=-3.46, p<.001). Career maturity was significantly different according to high employment rate(F=3.15, p=.025), high career preparation(F=2.69, p=.032). Career decision-making self-efficacy and employment stress was significantly different according to high career preparation(F=1.22, p=.031) and low career preparation(F=2.52, p=.030).

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.287-293
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to find out whether social support perceived by a health science student affects career stress and to provide basic data for counseling using social support as an effective career guidance. This study subject to 307 students from J university in Jeonju. The survey was conducted by questionnaire. The survey content consisted of social support, career stress, and general characteristics of the subject. The study found that the lower the academic stress, the higher the social support score in the high family socioeconomic status group and the higher the academic stress, the higher the career stress in the general characteristics of the subjects. Based on the results of this study, we have confirmed that social support affects career Stress. Therefore, social support may serve as a protection factor for health science students who received career stress by relieving stress and improving satisfaction with own life.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.193-204
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate grit, career decision-making self-efficacy, career preparation behavior and job-seeking stress, and to identify the influencing factors on job-seeking stress of nursing students. Data were collected using questionnaires from 208 students who were 4th years in the nursing university in Gwangju, November 2020. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using IBM SPSS 21.0 program. The mean scores were as follows: grit, 3.21±0.50; career decision-making self-efficacy; 3.65±0.51, career preparation behavior; 2.57±0.48, job-seeking stress; 2.07±0.64. Job-seeking stress was found to have significant negative correlations with grit(r=-.308, p=.000) and career decision-making self-efficacy(r=-.336, p=.000). Job-seeking stress was found to have significant positive with career preparation behavior(r=.214, p=.002). The most influential factors influencing the job-seeking stress of nursing students were career decision-making self-efficacy(β=-.340, p=.000), career preparation behavior(β=.302, p=.000), grit(β=-.175, p=.010). and these factors explained 22.1% in job-seeking stress(F=20.605, p=.000). In conclusion, in order to control the job-seeking stress of nursing students, it is necessary to apply a program that improve the career decision-making self-efficacy and grit, and to practice career preparation behavior according to the individual level step by step.