The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among the attachment to parents, personality traits, and the career maturity of elementary school students. The subjects of this study were 640 students in 5th and 6th grade of 16 elementa...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among the attachment to parents, personality traits, and the career maturity of elementary school students. The subjects of this study were 640 students in 5th and 6th grade of 16 elementary schools in Kyungki province. The multistage clustered sampling method was used for the study. The 116 respondents were excluded in statistical analysis for their incomplete responses and unreliable answers and the final subjects for this study were 524. The major findings of this study were as follows:First, the attachment to parents had influence on personal traits, and especially the attachment to mother and personal traits had a greater influence on the career maturity of the students. Second, on the relationships among the attachment to parents, personal traits, and the career maturity, the attachment to mother was highly correlated with personal traits. The attachment to father was correlated with personal traits, but the degree of correlation between them was not high. The attachment to mother was positively correlated with career maturity, but the attachment to father was little correlated with career maturity.