Abstract:

Self-efficacy beliefs affect every aspect of human lives including whether people think productively or not, they have self-refuting way of thinking and they are optimistic or pessimistic, how much time they spend in an activity, how they motivate themselves and face the difficulties, how they regulate their thoughts and behaviour, and the tendency of depression and stress. For this purpose, in this study, it is aimed to examine the variables effect university senior students’ career decision-making self-efficacy levels. The study group for this research consists of 569 students in their senior year of university selected by random sampling method. In the research, Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Ulaş and Yıldırım (2016) were used. Independent sample T test and one-way anova were used for analysis. According to the results of the study, there is a significant difference in the self-efficacy scores of university senior students according to the status of having work experience and professional competence with the education they receive. Also, there is no significant difference in the self-efficacy scores of university senior students according to gender, general academic grade point average, the status of having internship and the major. Some of the results of the study were similar to the literature but some of the results did not support the literature. Therefore, all results of the study were discussed in terms of relevant literature and cultural differences. 

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