2025 Volume 76 Issue 1 Pages 23-30
This research aimed to exploratively clarify the relationship between individual characteristics and the social environment of university students based on the ARCH model of life career demonstrated by Super (1990), as well as their future family perspectives. The insights revealed by this study are as follows:
(1) While university students are hopeful and confident with regard to their future family life, many of them are not actively preparing for the future.
(2) University students perceive themselves to have high information summarization skills, sensitivity, and affinity, but they do not consider themselves to possess leadership qualities.
(3) Among individual characteristics, “planning ability,” “self-esteem,” and “positive thinking” have significant associations with the cognitive aspects of future family perspectives. Additionally, among the interactions with the social environment, “affinity” and “sensitivity” also have significant associations with the cognitive aspects of future family perspectives.
