The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of college students' values clarification upon career attitude maturity and self-identity.
The questions of the study were as follows:
1. Does college students' values clarification have an ef...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of college students' values clarification upon career attitude maturity and self-identity.
The questions of the study were as follows:
1. Does college students' values clarification have an effect on career attitude maturity?
2. Does college students' values clarification have an effect on self-identity?
The subjects were 1,280 college students. They were selected from 19 universities in the whole country. The instruments used in this study were Values Clarification Inventory designed by the researcher, Self-Identity Inventory by Park A-cheong(1984), and Career Maturity Inventory by Korean Educational Development Institute(1991).
The conclusions of this study were as follows:
First, college students with higher values clarification showed higher career attitude maturity. Also, in the course of choosing and determining their values, college students with higher coherence, autonomy, and acceptability showed maturer attitude in choosing and determining their careers. The sub-factor of career attitude maturity on which values clarification has the greatest effect was decisiveness.
Second, students with high values clarification showed a high level of self-identity. In choosing and determining values, students with high autonomy, coherence, and openness showed a high level of self-identity. The sub-factor of values clarification that had the greatest effect on interpersonal relations and interpersonal role expectations was openness. Also, values clarification had the greatest effect on self-assertiveness and goal-directedness.