The purpose of this study was to examine the moderated mediating effect of Strengths knowledge through Hopelessness on the relationship between Belief in a Just World and Career decision level. For this purpose, a self-report survey was conducted on 3...
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderated mediating effect of Strengths knowledge through Hopelessness on the relationship between Belief in a Just World and Career decision level. For this purpose, a self-report survey was conducted on 315 adults aged 20 to 29 years, and the collected data of 300 people were analyzed. The major results of this study are as follows: First, Belief in a Just World exhibited a positive correlation with Career decision and negative correlation with Hopelessness. Second, the significant mediating effect of Hopelessness on the relationship between Belief in a Just World and Career decision level was found. Third, the significant moderating effect of Strengths knowledge on the relationship between Belief in a Just World and Hopelessness was found. Fourth, moderated mediating effect of Strengths knowledge on the relation ship between Belief in a Just World, Hopelessness and Career decision level was found. Based on the these results, the implications and suggestions for future studies were discussed.