The Effect of Career Barriers Perceived by Senior College Students on the Life Goal: Inconsistent mediational effect of focusing attitudes

Key Points

• This study aims to understand how perceived career barriers affect life goals in senior female college students through focusing attitudes.
• Surveyed 230 senior female college students from Seoul and Gyeonggi using career barrier, life goal, and focusing attitude scales.
• Analyzed mediating effects using PROCESS macro Model 4.
• Perceived career barriers showed a negative correlation with life goals and focusing attitudes.
• Focusing attitudes exhibited a positive correlation with life goals.
• Perceived career barriers negatively impacted focusing attitudes, while focusing attitudes positively influenced life goals.

Abstract