The Contribution of Academic Behavioural Confidence, Self Esteem and Social Anxiety to College Student Career Decision Making Self Efficacy

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of self-esteem, academic influence behavioural confidence and social anxiety on career decision making self-efficacy. Nine hundred thirty-five students completed the self-esteem, academic behavioural confidence, social anxiety and career decision making self-efficacy scales. The results of this study indicate that the fittest model capable of predicting career decision making self-efficacy is academic behavioural confidence. While the other two predictors, namely self-esteem and social anxiety when excluded from the analysis, further strengthen the influence of academic behavioural predictors on the formation of career decision self-efficacy.