A Structural Analysis among Career Development Competencies Factors of Elementary School Students

Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze the causal relationship among Career Development Competencies, Satisfaction of Career Activity Participation, Parental Interest, Learning Motivation, and Self-directed learning of elementary school students. Methods In the ‘School Career Education Survey (2018)’survey data, 3006 elementary school students were analyzed for correlation, descriptive statistics, measurement model, structural model, and multi-mediated effects using PASW SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. Results The research results are as follows. First, the structural model of the causal relationship between Career Development Competencies, Satisfaction of Career Activity Participation, Parental Interest, Learning Motivation, and Self-directed learning of elementary school students was appropriate. Second, elementary school students' satisfaction with career activity Participation and parental interest had a direct and positive effect on their motivation to learn, their self-directed learning and career development competencies, and their self-directed learning directly on their career development competencies. Third, elementary school students' career satisfaction and parental interests had a static indirect effect on their career development competencies through the motivation of learning and self-directed learning. Conclusions Based on the results of this study, the study suggested implications for the activation of primary education and suggested further research.