Abstract

The purposes of this study were to explore the relationship between attachment and career decision level and career identity of college students in late adolescence and to relative importance of parent and peer attachment for these career development variables. 499 college students were participated and were asked to response to self-reported questionnaires for attachment and career development. Results are as follows : First, the higher secure parent and peer attachment were, the more students explored and believed him/herself and, based on this, the higher effectively possibility of decision in career choice were. Second, the predictive power of parent and peer attachment for career development differed by gender and grade : For the group of low grades and female, peer attachment was a significant predictive variable while for the group of high grades, no matter what their gender, only parent attachment was a predictive variable for career development. Third, to achieve a successful career development, it was found that both of parent and peer attachment were important : The group in which students had high score for both parent and peer attachment had more possibility to achieve a positive career development than the group in which students had low score for both parent and peer attachment. Especially, for the group of high grades or male, this characteristics revealed to be dominated than in group of low grades or female. Finally, the suggestion and limitation of present study were discussed.