The purpose of this study is to identify the relation among socially prescribed perfectionism, career indecision, trait anxiety, self-concept clarity. Based on previous findings, this study examined the mediation role of trait anxiety and self-concept...
The purpose of this study is to identify the relation among socially prescribed perfectionism, career indecision, trait anxiety, self-concept clarity. Based on previous findings, this study examined the mediation role of trait anxiety and self-concept clarity between socially prescribed perfectionism and career indecision. The participants in this study was 236 collage students, and the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale(HFMPS), Self-Concept Clarity Scale, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI), Career Decision Scale(CDS) were used. For data analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, X2 verification, stuructural equation models were used.
The major results are as follows: First, the results of correlation analysis show that socially prescribed perfectionism has a positive correlation with career indecision and trait anxiety, but has a negative correlation with self-concept clarity. Trait anxiety has negative correlation with self-concept clarity and a positive correlation with career indecision. Self-concept clarity and career indecision were negatively related. Second, the best structural model describes that the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and career indecision was fully mediated by trait anxiety and self-concept clarity. Third, the result of verifying the significance of each mediation variable shows that self-concept clarity has more influence on career indecision than trait anxiety does.
These results of this study could help to understand the college students' career indecision and be used for an effective involvement in counseling settings when a counsellor meets a client who appeals career indecision.