The purpose of this study was to compare the career decision-making self-efficacy of university students
with and without disabilities and to examine the characteristics of the career decision-making self-efficacy
of students with disabilities by analyzing the differences in their background variables and subscales. The
study participants were 30 university students with disabilities who attend J university, which has a disabled
student support center, and 60 university students without disabilities. Their self-efficacy was measured by
the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form, which consists of five subscales.
The results form this study are as follow: First, the results of a comparison of the factors of the career
decision self-efficacy of university students with and without disabilities indicated that students without a
disability had higher levels of information gathering than those with a disability, and that there was no
difference in the levels by academic field. Second, a comparison of the factors representing background
variables indicated that physical science and engineering university students with disabilities showed more
meaningful differences than arts and social science students in the following areas, ordered from greatest to
least difference: accurate self-appraisal, problem solving, and making plans for the future. Students in the
Awareness Comparison in Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of University Students with and without Disabilities
upper grade had higher levels than those in the lower grade, and students with in grades 4-5 had the
highest level of factors like target selection, information gathering, and problem solving.