Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The 17th Asian Conference on Education (ACE2025) , Tokyo, Japonya, 23 - 28 Kasım 2025, ss.79, (Özet Bildiri)
In this study, a model based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) was tested to examine the mediating roles of career decisionmaking self-efficacy and outcome expectations in the relationships of perceived social support and career barriers with career indecision among university students, as well as potential gender differences. The study sample consisted of 785 undergraduate students (568 women and 217 men) enrolled in a public university. Data were collected using the Career Decidedness Scale, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form, Vocational Outcome Expectations Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Career Barriers Inventory, and a demographic information form. Path analysis was conducted to test the proposed model and to examine the predictive relationships between the variables and career indecision. All analyses were performed using Mplus 8.3 software. The findings revealed that career decision-making self-efficacy and vocational outcome expectations significantly and sequentially mediated the relationship between career barriers and career indecision. However, the serial mediating role of these two variables in the relationship between perceived social support and career indecision was not statistically significant. The overall model fit indices indicated an acceptable level of fit, and multi-group analysis revealed no significant gender differences in the model. Taken together, the results suggest that career barriers negatively affect the career decision-making process, whereas enhancing individuals’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations may buffer against these adverse effects. In this context, the findings are expected to contribute to a better understanding of the nature of career indecision and provide a foundation for the development of preventive, protective, or rehabilitative mental health services in the field of career counseling