This paper aims to analyze the impact of career decision level -measured by high school students\' decision on their future major and information level- on the level of satisfaction on their college and major decision and the level of academic adjustment. Based on previous literature, this paper takes intrinsic motivation in major decision as mediating variable.
The authors carried out multiple regression analysis on the impact of individual and family variables including career decision level of high school students on their college satisfaction and adaptability level, while deployed path analysis in order to analyze the relationship between the career decision level, intrinsic motivation, and college satisfaction and adaptability level.
The results of statistical analyses show that career decision level of high school students indirectly influences the college and major satisfaction and academic adjustment level, mediated by the impact of intrinsic motivation.
Implications of these results are discussed for the change in contents of vocational guidance and - counseling.