The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision of university students. The participants of this study were 393 university students in B city. To analyze the data, canonical cor...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision of university students. The participants of this study were 393 university students in B city. To analyze the data, canonical correlation analysis was performed. The results of this study are as follows: First, a significantly positive correlation between dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision was found, and the nature of relationship between the two variables was different by gender. Second, among males, all of dysfunctional career thoughts, decision making confusion, commitment anxiety and external conflict were significantly positively related to career indecision. Among the subscales of career indecision, indecisiveness, lack of self-identity, lack of information, and external barrier were significantly related to dysfunctional career thoughts. Third, among females, all of dysfunctional career thoughts, decision making confusion, commitment anxiety and external conflict were significantly positively related to career indecision, which is similar to the result of the males. However, indecisiveness, lack of self-identity, and lack of information were significantly related to dysfunctional career thoughts, which is different to the case of males in which external barrier was significant. The results of this study suggest that intervention based on the knowledge of relationship between dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision of university students is necessary to help resolve the career indecision problem.
Key words: dysfunctional career thoughts, career indecision, career of university students