본 연구는 청소년이 지각한 가족갈등(부모간 갈등, 부모-자녀간 갈등)이 청소년의 심리적 적응(자아존중감, 우울)과 진로태도성숙도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보고자 하였다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 이들 변인들간의 관련성과 청소년의 개인적인 배경에 따른 가족갈등, 심리적 적응, 진로태도성숙도의 차이를 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구대상은 전라북도에 소재한 9개 중·고등학교 학생 461명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가족갈등과 심리적 적응 및 진로태도성숙도는 성별, 학년, 아버지의 직업과 교육수준, 주관적 생활수준에서 유의한 차이를 보였다. 둘째, 가족갈등은 자아존중감과 진로태도성숙도와는 부적상관을, 우울과는 정적상관을 보였다. 또한 진로태도성숙도는 우울과는 부적 부적상관을, 자아존중감과는 정적상관을 보였다. 셋째, 가족갈등은 청소년의 심리적 적응을 예측하는 강력한 요인으로 나타났고, 청소년의 진로태도성숙도에는 부분적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 가족갈등이 청소년의 진로태도성숙도에 미치는 직/간접적 효과를 분석한 결과, 가족갈등은 청소년의 자아존중감과 우울을 매개로 하여 진로태도성숙도에 간접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 청소년의 자아존중감은 진로태도성숙도에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 변인으로 나타났다.
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of adolescent`s perception of family conflicts (marital conflict, parent-adolescent conflict) on psychological adjustments (self-esteem, depression) and career attitude maturity. This study also tried to investigate the inter-relationship among related variables, and to find the differences of family conflicts, psychological adjustments, and career attitude maturity according to adolescent`s personal backgrounds(sex, grade point, the father`s job, etc). The participants of the present study were 461 middle and high school students who lived in Chollabuk-Do province. The major results of this research were as follows. First, there were significant differences in family conflicts, psychological adjustments and career attitude maturity according to sex, grade point, the father`s job, father`s educational level, perceived level of living. Second, family conflicts were negatively correlated with self-esteem and career attitude maturity and were positively correlated with depression. Self-esteem was positively correlated with career attitude maturity and depression was negatively correlated with self-esteem. Third, multiple regression analyses were performed to analyze the relative significance of the related variables influencing on psychological adjustments. It was found that marital conflict, parent-adolescent conflict were powerful predictors of psychological adjustments. And multiple regression analyses were performed to analyze the relative significance of the family conflict variables influencing on career attitude maturity. It was found that family conflicts were partially significant predictors of career attitude maturity. Finally, this study tired to analyse the path of family conflicts on career attitude maturity to find the direct/indirect effects. As a result, Family conflicts had a indirect effect through adolescent`s self-esteem and depression on career attitude maturity. Self-esteem and depression had a direct effect on career attitude maturity.