Exploring the Three-Dimensional Predictors of College Student's Major Fit Based on the SAFE Model

December 31, 2021  |  Vol.7, No.12  |  PP. 159-171  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Chang Kyoung Kang, Student Counseling Center, Sunmoon University, Korea

Chang Hoon Seog, Departmen of Liberal Arts, Sunmoon University, Korea

KEYWORDS:

College, Students, Major Fit, Predictors, SAFE Model, Three Dimensions

Abstract

This current study aimed to explore the three-dimensional predictive factors of major fit based on the latest State Authenticity as Fit to Environment (SAFE) model. The SAFE model emphasized psychological fitness including academic aspects, and this psychological fitness was a new approach in that it can predict college students' major fit in college environments. This study analyzed the contents of related literature to predict and derive the major fit factors of college students and to be a qualitative study. This study collected and arranged related factors based on the studies of college students' major fit, and analyzed the main concepts and characteristics focusing on the previous studies on the State Authenticity as Fit to Environment (SAFE) model. The major fit-related factors were applied to the SAFE model, which was the latest college adaptation model, and three-dimensional predictive factors of major fit were derived. The study result showed that the main fit should reflect self-concept fit, goal fit, and social fit, as a major fit predictor based on the State Authenticity as Fit to Environment (SAFE) model, self-concept fit was derived as aptitude, interest, and personality, goal fit was derived as academic motivation, and social fit was derived as teaching-learning relationship. This result suggested that multi-dimensional approach was necessary to predict the major fit of college students. This study is aimed to enhance the understanding of the major fit of college students and provide important implications for effective counseling and career education field.

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Citations:

APA:
Kang, C. K., Seog, C. H. (2021). Exploring the Three-Dimensional Predictors of College Student's Major Fit Based on the SAFE model. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 7(12), 159-171. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2021.12.15

MLA:
Kang, Chang Kyoung, et al. “Exploring the Three-Dimensional Predictors of College Student's Major Fit Based on the SAFE model.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 12, 2021, pp. 159-171. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v7n12/15.html.

IEEE:
[1] C. K. Kang, C. H. Seog, “Exploring the Three-Dimensional Predictors of College Student's Major Fit Based on the SAFE model.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 159-171, December 2021.