This study aims to identify the relationship between Ego-identity and University Life Adjustment, and between Ego-identity and Employment Strategy of university students. In addition, it aims to figure out the stepwise multiple regression when the low...
This study aims to identify the relationship between Ego-identity and University Life Adjustment, and between Ego-identity and Employment Strategy of university students. In addition, it aims to figure out the stepwise multiple regression when the lower variables of Ego-identity are predictor variables and University Life Adjustment and Employment Strategy are criterion variables. The followings are the research questions.
First, is there meaningful correlation between Ego-identity and University Life Adjustment of university students?
Second, is there meaningful correlation between Ego-identity and Employment Strategy of university students?
Third, is the stepwise multiple regression meaningful whose predictor variables are the lower variables of Ego-identity and whose criterion variable is University Life Adjustment?
Fourth, is the stepwise multiple- iv - regression meaningful whose predictor variables are the lower variables of Ego-identity and whose criterion variable is Employment Strategy?
The scale of Ego-identity used in this thesis is the modified and complemented version of the 'Korean Ego-identity Test,' which was modified and developed by Park Ah-cheong(2003). This scale consists of six lower variables such as Independence, Self-acceptance, Future Assurance, Goal Orientation, Leadership, and Familiarity, and includes 60 question items.
To gauge University Life Adjustment, this thesis uses a scale translated by Hyeon Jin-won(1992) and used by Yang Hae-seon(2004) of the "Student Adaption to College Questionnaire(SACQ)" originally developed by Baker and Siryk(1984). This scale is composed of 67 questions under four subscales, but some questions are duplicately included in some two subscales. The four subscales are Academic Adjustment(24 questions), Social Adjustment(20 questions), Personal-emotional Adjustment(15 questions), University Environment Adjustment(15 questions).
The questions in Employment Strategy are based on the "Analysis on Employment Aspiration and Strategy of University Students(Lee Seon-min, 1994)" and developed referring to previous studies, and are total ten items such as four of Skill Nurturing, four of Job Search Activity, and two of Job Search Plan. The questions of Unemployment Averting Behavior related to Employment Strategy reflect invested time and efforts to get a job(Han Seon-ok, 2004). As a survey, a questionnaire was conducted on 300 male and female students majoring in humanities and society of a university in Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. Among the 300 questionnaire results, 241 were actually used in this study after excluding unqualified ones with omitted or insincere answers.
The findings of this study are as follows;
First, meaningful correlation was found between Ego-identity and University Life Adjustment, while meaningful positive correlation was found among all lower variables in significance test between the lower variables of Ego-identity and those of University Life Adjustment. In particular, it was discovered that the higher Goal Orientation is, the higher Academic Adjustment is. In addition, it was discovered that the higher Ego-identity is, the higher Academic Adjustment is.
Second, meaningful correlation was fo- v -und between Ego-identity and Employment Strategy, while, in significance test between the lower variables of Ego-identity and those of Employment Strategy, meaningful static correlation was discovered among all lower variables except for those between Leadership and Employment Plan, and between Familiarity and Employment Plan. Especially, it was observed that the higher Ego-identity is, the higher Employment Activity is.
Third, the lower predictor variables of Ego-identity, which are meaningful to University Life Adjustment are Independence, Familiarity, and Goal Orientation. Independence was found to explain 34.1% of University Life Adjustment, Familiarity 4.6%, and Goal Orientation 1.7%. Therefore, the three variables explain total 40.4% of University Life Adjustment.
Fourth, the lower predictor variables of Ego-identity, which are meaningful to Employment Strategy are Independence, Self-acceptance, and Goal Orientation. Independence was turned out to explain 12.3% of Employment Strategy, Self-acceptance 2.4%, and Goal Orientation 3.0%. Therefore, the three variables explain total 17.7% of Employment Strategy.