The Moderated Mediation Effect of Grit in the Influence of Human Rights Awareness on Career Decision Efficacy through Self-esteem in University Students

This study aims to verify the mediating effect of self-esteem and the moderating and moderated mediating effect of grit in the effect of university students' human rights awareness on career decision efficacy.Data were collected through a survey from 300 college students selected through purposive sampling at H University, located in C City, Chungcheongnam-do, and the data was analyzed using SPSS PC+ Win ver.25.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro ver.4.2.The applied statistical methods were frequency analysis, reliability analysis, mean difference analysis (t-test, ANOVA), correlation analysis, mediation effect analysis, moderation effect analysis, and moderated mediation effect analysis.As a result of the study, first, as a result of conducting a correlation analysis between major variables, a significant positive correlation was found between human rights awareness, self-esteem, grit, and career decision efficacy.Second, as a result of verifying the simple mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between human rights awareness and career decision efficacy, self-esteem mediated in the relationship between human rights awareness and career decision efficacy.Third, grit played a role in moderating the effect of self-esteem on career decision efficacy.Fourth, the moderated mediating effect of grit was verified in the effect of human rights awareness on career decision efficacy through selfesteem.Based on these research results, the study's limitations and follow-up research suggestions are as follows.Research is needed on other variables that can explain the relationship between human rights awareness and career decision efficacy, and such research should also verify whether grit plays an alternative role as a protection or control variable.