Abstract

This study was intended to explore the variables related to the students’ career decision-making self-efficacy by investigating a relationship between perfectionist inclination, social support, and career decision-making self-efficacy of undergraduate students majoring in dance and to present basic data that can enhance career efficacy. In order to achieve this objective, online survey was conducted on 315 undergraduate students majoring in dance in Seoul and the metropolitan area and the final data of 311 people were used for analysis. The following conclusions were drawn from the study. First, among perfectionist tendencies of undergraduate students majoring in dance, doubt of action made negative effect on emotional support, appraisal support, and informative support, and parental pressure made negative effect on emotional support and informative support. Also, it was identified that personal standard makes significant positive effect on emotional support, appraisal support, and informative support, and taking care of the body makes positive effect on emotional support. Secondly, among perfectionist inclinations, it was identified that parental pressure makes significant negative effect on problem solving and job information collection of career decision-making self-efficacy, and personal standards have been shown to have a positive effect on solving problems. Also, physical care has been shown to have a significant positive effect on setting goals. Thirdly, it was identified that there is a causal relationship between perfectionist tendency, social support, and career decision-making self-efficacy of undergraduate students majoring in dance. These results show that students have high career decision-making self-efficacy when students have higher awareness that they are receiving social support, and signifies that perceived social support can enhance career decision-making self-efficacy by lowering negative perfectionist tendencies. Therefore, it is considered that leaders need an active attitude to provide emotional support and information support for students to increase their confidence in future career choices.

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