The Mediating Effect of Career Efficacy on the Effects of Career Barriers on Career Stress: Focus on Adolescents in Correctional Facilities

Abstract

This study was conducted with the purpose of confirming the annual correction of career stress in the effect of career barriers on career decision self-efficacy for adolescents in correctional facilities. Also, based on this, it was intended to be used as basic data for the development of educational programs to reduce career stress of adolescents in correctional facilities. The research subjects surveyed adolescents in G Juvenile Prison, and a total of 127 copies were used as the final analysis data. For analysis data, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and mediation regression analysis were performed using SPSS 24.0. As a result of the study, it was found that among the sub-factors of career barriers, indecisive personality, lack of job information, and lack of self-clearance had a significant positive effect on career stress. In addition, it was confirmed that career decision self-efficacy has a mediating effect in the relationship between career barriers and career stress. Based on the results of this study, by developing and applying an educational program to reduce the career stress of juvenile delinquents in correctional facilities, it will be possible to help the adolescents in correctional facilities to positively adapt to society after release.