The impact of major satisfaction on career preparation behavior and job selection among college students majoring in physical education

Key Points

• The study aims to analyze how major satisfaction affects career preparation behaviors and job selection among physical education students.
• Survey conducted with 432 college students in physical education across three universities.
• Data analyzed using SPSS 27.0 for frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis.
• Focus on the impact of major satisfaction on goal setting, information gathering, and tool preparation behaviors.
• Major satisfaction significantly influences goal setting in career preparation with 62.8% explanatory power.
• Information gathering is impacted by major satisfaction with 74.9% explanatory power.
• Tool preparation behaviors also show a significant positive effect from major satisfaction at 68.2%.
• In terms of job selection, major satisfaction positively affects the value aspect with an explanatory power of 78.1%.
• Curiosity related to job selection is also affected by major satisfaction with 66.3% explanatory power.