The Effect of Perceived Meaning of Life and Social Support of Nursing Students on Academic/Career Decision-making Self-efficacy

[...]of multiple regression analysis, factors influencing student's Academic Self-efficacy were Meaning of Life, Meaning Discovery, Ability, Ohers, Luck as in order, have explanation power of 15%. [...]of multiple regression analysis, Influence factor of nursing student's career decision-making self-efficacy included meaning of life, academic self-efficacy, social support, and incentives to admission(recommendation) in order, these factors 40.4% explanation power to nursing student's career decision-making self-efficacy. Developmental task during college period is to establish self-identity, and decide career and future path, being important period in deciding life's passage and quality[1] Especially uncertainty of future career in college life can lead to maladjustment to school and be major cause of drop out[2] career decision-making and academic self-efficacy study has significant importance. [...]in case of individual's internal factors, goals of meaning of life being high[3] and external factors, college student's perceived social support contains necessary advice and information in course of career decision making progress[4,5] can influence self-efficacy which enables job maintenance and persisting satisfaction. Nursing education complying with future demands being aware of student's current demand, and ideas set up an opportunity for students to develop professional attitude, and prepare student whom have developed trait to effectively and enthusiastically cope with unknown duty[6]. [...]this study examines the meaning of life's as a individual's internal factor and the social support as a external factor's effect on 1st, and 2nd graders whose career decision self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy should be inspired, and is purposed to obtain more effective implications for academic and career guidance strategies in colleges. 1.2 Purpose of study: