대학생의 진로탐색행동과 동기 요인 및 애착의 관계 분석

The Relationship between Career Exploration Behavior and Motivational Factors and Attachment of Undergraduate Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the career exploration behavior and motivational factors, and the relationship between the career exploration behavior and attachment. The population used for this study consisted of the undergraduate students in four-year college or universities. Through the stratified random sampling method, 562 undergraduate students were drawn form this population and measures of career exploration behavior, motivational orientations, cognitive expectancies, attachment were administrated to this sample. Measure of career exploration behavior was developed by the researchers and it was regarded as possessing high-level internal consistency and validity. Simultaneous and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were employed to examine the relationships. Results if this study showed that the career exploration behavior of our undergraduate students has the motivational attributes, not behavioral variable. Also, results of this study implied that career exploration needs intention and willingness and that it is facilitated by the extrinsic reinforcers such as employment. Unlike previous findings, parent and peer attachment was weakly related to career exploration behavior, especially after controlling the variability of morivational factors, which employ that career exploration behavior of undergraduate students does not neccessarily require the attachment relationship with parents or peers. Based upon the results of this study, some recommendations were suggested for future research.