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the role of career stress in the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and career attitude maturity in south korean undergraduates
Author(s) -
Park Heerak,
Choi Bo Young,
Nam Suk Kyung,
Lee Sang Min
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2011.tb00108.x
Subject(s) - psychology , maturity (psychological) , perfectionism (psychology) , ambiguity , career counseling , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , career development , social psychology , developmental psychology , applied psychology , linguistics , philosophy
Given the central role of career stress in college students' lives, this research examined whether career stress mediated the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and career attitude maturity in a sample of 185 undergraduate students in South Korea. The results indicated that career ambiguity stress, as measured by a career stress inventory, fully mediated the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and career attitude maturity. That is, maladaptive perfectionism correlated with greater levels of career ambiguity stress, and greater career ambiguity stress correlated with an unconstructive level of career attitude maturity. The authors discuss the findings' implications for career counselors in college settings.