Abstract

Objectives This study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing perceived career barriers of high school-age multicultural adolescents. The detailed goals are 1) the relationship between parental support, friend relationship, teacher relationship and self-esteem, 2) the relationship between parental support, friend relationship, teacher relationship and career barriers perceived, and 3) self-esteem and career barriers perceived. Methods The general characteristics of the subjects were analyzed using SPSS 28.0 for 1,146 multicultural adolescents in their third year of high school, which is the 9th waves of the Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study. Structural equation modeling analysis (PLS-SEM) based on partial least squares (PLS) was used. For model evaluation of PLS-SEM, internal consistency reliability, convergent validity and discriminant validity were checked. For structural model evaluation and hypothesis testing, multicollinearity (VIF), adjusted R2, effect size (f2), predictive relevance (Q2), and statistical significance were checked. Results First, although parental support did not have a direct effect on career barrier perception, it showed an indirect effect on career barrier perception by using self-esteem as a mediating effect. Second, friend relationship had a direct negative effect on career barrier perception, and showed an indirect effect on career barrier perception with self-esteem as a mediating effect. Third, teacher relationship did not have a direct effect on career barrier perception, but showed an indirect effect on career barrier perception using self-esteem as a mediating effect. Conclusions Through the results of the study, it was confirmed that self-esteem had a mediating effect on the relationship between parental, friend, teacher relationship and career barrier perception, and parental, friend, and teacher relationship all showed a significant positive effect on self-esteem.

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