The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of attachment, psychological independence and emotional intelligence on career decision-making self-efficacy. Data were collected from 354 Korean undergraduate students considering the time of c...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of attachment, psychological independence and emotional intelligence on career decision-making self-efficacy. Data were collected from 354 Korean undergraduate students considering the time of career decision-making. The result showed significant positive correlations among attachment, emotional intelligence and career decision-making self-efficacy. However, correlation between psychological independence and career decision-making self-efficacy was not significant. Accordingly, psychological independence was excluded from analysis and Analysis of Factorial Design was conducted to examine the effects of level of attachment and level of emotional intelligence on career decision-making self-efficacy. The results indicated that the main effect of both the level of attachment and the level of emotional intelligence were significant. Those with high level of attachment had significantly higher career decision-making self-efficacy than those with low level of attachment. Those with high level of emotional intelligence also had significantly higher career decision-making self-efficacy than those with low level of emotional intelligence. However, there was no interaction effect between level of attachment and level of emotional intelligence on career decision-making self-efficacy. In the results, the importance of attachment was confirmed and the role of emotion in career decision-making self-efficacy was seen through emotional intelligence. However, an attempt to understand the reason for importance of attachment through emotional development was not supported. Based on these results, implications of the effects of attachment and emotional intelligence on career decision-making self-efficacy were discussed. Limitations of this study and the suggestions were offered for future research.