| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 105 === This study compared levels of career maturity between junior high students with and without learning disabilities(LD) and investigated factors associated with career maturity. The related factors of this study included demographic characteristics (disabilities status, gender, grade and SES), abilities (IQ, reading comprehension and academic achievement), disability factors (categories of LD, time of first identification, quantity of accommodations received by special education and acceptance of disability), and career development activities (activities from regular education, activities from special education & work experience). The sample for this study consisted of 366 8th and 9th grade students (87 students with LD and 279 students without LD) from 5 public schools in Taipei City. The Adolescence Career Development Inventory was used to assess the career maturity of all participants. By using the methods of descriptive statistics, MANOVA, correlation analysis, and multiple regression to analyze the obtained data, results were showed that:
1.The career maturity of students with LD were average.
2.The career maturity of students with LD were equal to students without LD.
3.There were no significant difference or correlation between LD student’s demographic characteristics and career maturity.
4.There were no significant difference or correlation between LD student’s abilities and career maturity, but only VCI in WISC-IV was significantly negative correlated with career exploration.
5.The acceptance of disability was significantly positively correlated with career maturity.
6.The regular education and special education career development activities were significantly positively correlated with career maturity.
7.Career maturity could be predicted by grade and acceptance of disability.
Finally, based on findings of the study, some implications for special education and career guidance and suggestions for future researchers were offered.
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