Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the career maturity of Korean elementary school students in relation to their self-concept, internal-external locus of control and other related psychological variables. This kind of study has rarely been carried out by the researchers so that it has been very difficult to assist elementary school students to achieve the career awareness relevant to their maturity level. The analysis showed the following findings. First, The career maturity and self-concept seemed to be related when these two variables were analyzed It showed that academic and affective self-concept showed a positive correlation. Second, when the locus of control was compared with the career maturity, the internal locus of control group showed higher level of career maturity than the external locus of control group. Third, it was found that the order of variables that seemed to be contributing for predicting elementary school students' level of career maturity were the internal locus of control, academic self-concept, and affective self-concept in ascending order. Based on the findings of the study, implication of career guidance of elementary school students was widely discussed with relation to the previous researches and the procedures and methods for the career guidance of the elementary school students were discussed as well. The research that should follow in the future were also suggested.