The Impact of Family Support on Career Planning Among Women with Career Interruptions: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

This study analyzed the impact of family support on career planningamong women who have experienced career interruption. It also examined whetherself-efficacy plays a mediating role in this relationship. The study surveyed 207women with career interruption experience and measured family support, self-efficacy, and career planning to analyze their relationships. The results showedthat family support had a statistically significant effect on career planning, indicatingthat encouragement and support from family serve as important psychologicalresources in resuming a career. In addition, self-efficacy was found to partiallymediate the relationship between family support and career planning, confirming thatfamily support enhances self-efficacy, which in turn influences the establishment ofcareer plans. These findings suggest that family support and the enhancement ofself-efficacy play crucial roles in helping women who have experienced careerinterruption restart and develop their careers, and they highlight the need toconsider these factors when designing career support programs and policies in thefuture.