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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.2.489

The Impacts of Job-Seeking Stress, Career Decision-Making self Efficacy and Social Support on mental health of University Students  

Jeong, Ji Na (Dept. of Health Management, Jeonju University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.2, 2020 , pp. 489-498 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact on mental health of university students from job-seeking stress, career decision-making, and social support. 429 university students from the three universities in J province were instructed to answer structured questionnaires, and the data was analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation, and Regression analysis using SPSS 24.0 software. The results reveal that job-seeking stress shows positive correlation to mental health, whereas career decision-making and social support show statistically significant negative correlations. The results also show that the factors that affect mental health are job-seeking stress and social support with Exploratory power of 48.9%. It is necessary to develop and apply measures that consider impact factors such as job-seeking stress to improve mental health of university students. It is also important to establish and maintain a support system for mental health.
Keywords
Mental health; Job-seeking stress; Career decision-making self efficacy; Social Support; University students;
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