Effects of parents and teachers’ support of autonomy and degree of recognition on career preparation behavior of undergraduate students in art major

Abstract

This study selected the undergraduate students in art major as the population, and collected a total of 367 students, including 122 major in dance, 87 major in music major and 158 major in design major. In order to solve the research problems, exploratory factor analysis and correlation analysis were performed using the SPSS Ver20.0 statistical program, followed by one-way ANOVA, t-test, and multiple regression analysis. As a result, first, the difference of parents and teachers’ support of autonomy and career preparation behavior according to the personal characteristics of undergraduate students in art major showed that musical department was higher than dance and design department in major satisfaction and teacher autonomy. In career counseling and information gathering, dance and music were higher than design. In the gender, female counseling was higher than male counseling. There was no difference between family average income and mother's education level. Second, as a result of difference in career preparation behavior according to the recognition of major in undergraduate students in art major, it was found that career counseling and information gathering were higher than those who were very satisfied or satisfied with major. Third, parents and teachers’ support of autonomy had a positive effect on parental autonomy support in career counseling, career counseling, and autonomy support in information gathering. Therefore, the degree of awareness of the major and parents ‘and teachers’ support of autonomy seems to be related to career preparation behavior.