2012, Vol.9, No.2

The Korean Journal of School Psychology 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.68

pISSN : 1738-463X / eISSN : 2734-0112
https://journal.kci.go.kr/schooljr

The purpose of this study is to develop the inventory for measuring Korean college students' career development status considering their developmental characteristics and examine its reliability and validity. The inventory was based on Social career cognitive theory which suggests the integrated model for various variables affecting career development process. We developed the career development inventory which consists of eight sub-scales(self-knowledge, occupation-knowledge, career decision-making self-efficacy, career exploring self-efficacy, social networking utilizing self-efficacy, career transition self-efficacy, perception on the necessity of career readiness, and major and career suitability) and examined its reliabilities, concurrent validity and convergent validity. Proper reliabilities were confirmed. Evidences for validities were found in result of correlation analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Implication and limitation of the results and suggestions for utilizing the career development inventory were pointed out.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceived parental psychological control and self- esteem, as well as to examine the mediating role of maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism, in elementary school children. The participants were 423 fifth- and sixth-grade children in the Daegu and Kyungpook areas of Korea. Children evaluated their mother's and father's psychological control; maladaptive self- oriented perfectionism; and self-esteem in four areas-general, social, family and school. Children tended to display lower self-esteem and higher maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism when they perceived parental psychological control to be high. Those exhibiting high maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism also tended to display lower self-esteem. Maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism partially mediated the relationship between perceived parental psychological control and school self-esteem. These results suggested that high parental psychological control is a poor parenting style for furthering children's healthy psychological development.

This study examined the mediating effects of self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation on the relationship between social comparison orientation and career indecision. A total of 200 university students (men=80, women=120) responded to the survey packet including measures of social comparison orientation, self-esteem, fear of negative evaluation and career indecision scales. The data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. The results of this study were as follows: First, correlation analysis revealed that social comparison orientation, self-esteem, fear of negative evaluation, and career indecision have correlations. Second, The measurement model yielded evidence of good fit. Third, the analyses of the structural equation modeling supported the indirect pathways of self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation, which plays the mediating role of self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation regarding the relationship between social comparison orientation and career indecision. High social comparison orientation and low self-esteem then led to greater career indecision. High social comparison orientation and high fear of negative evaluation also led to greater career indecision. Also, Low self-esteem led to high fear of negative evaluation. However, the analyses of the structural model did not support the direct pathways from social comparison orientation to career indecision. Implication and limitation of the study were discussed along with some suggestions for future researches and psychotherapy practice.