理想のキャリア・パターン別にみた女子高校生のキャリア自己効力と専門職に対する興味との関連―理系希望者の多い進学校を対象に―

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This study aimed to clarify the features of Japanese high school girls' career self-efficacy, and the relationship between this attribute and their interests in certain professions(doctor, nurse, pharmacist, and teacher), in accordance with their desired career patterns. Career self-efficacy was determined according to five aspects: job content, continuation of work regardless of maternity, post-maternity reemployment, entrance to university, and employment. Data on 162 female Japanese students were collected at a preparatory high school that has a high number of science students. Desired career pattern groups were assigned as follows: continuation of work regardless of maternity(n =76), post-maternity reemployment(n =58), and retirement upon marriage or maternity(n =28). The ANOVA results showed the work continuation group's score for self-efficacy regarding work continuation was higher than those for the other two groups. Multiple regression analysis revealed the following in each group: 1)in the group for work continuation, self-efficacy regarding job content was positively related with interest in three professions. 2)In the group for reemployment, self-efficacy regarding job contents and regarding entrance to university was positively related with interest in three professions. 3)In the group for retirement, self-efficacy regarding job content had no significant relationship with interest for any profession. The results suggest that self-efficacy regarding work continuation could be a determinant of career pattern, and self-efficacy regarding job content could be a main determinant of interest in a specific profession in the work continuation or reemployment group.