The Effect of Resilience and Self-Efficacy on Career Preparation Behavior of University Students with Disabilities: Verification of the Controlled Mediating Effect of Internal Motivation

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of resilience on career preparation behavior, mediating effects of self-efficacy, and moderating effects of intrinsic motivation in 238 students with disabilities.

Reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, path analysis, and bootstrap analysis were conducted. SPSS 22.0 and SPSS Process Macro 4.2 were used for all statistical analysis.

Results revealed that resilience, self-efficacy, and intrinsic motivation had a significant positive correlation with career preparation behavior. Moreover, resilience had a significant positive effect on self-efficacy and self-efficacy had a significant positive effect on career preparation behavior. In addition, resilience had a conditional indirect effect on career preparation behavior through self-efficacy, and the higher the level of intrinsic motivation, the more control the indirect effect.

With the aforementioned findings, it is recommended that career counseling should be conducted in consideration of disability characteristics, and various programs should be developed to improve resilience, motivation, self-efficacy, and reduce lethargy caused by disability through active acceptance of disability.