A STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC PRESSURE ON CAREER DECISIONS OF ART MAJORS IN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

College is a critical period for personal career development, and students must make major decisions such as primary choice and future career direction. Art students especially face unique challenges, such as combining creativity and technology and changing market demands. With the expansion of higher education, students' academic pressure increases, influencing their career decisions. This study explores the relationship between personal background, academic pressure, career decisions, and college art students to guide educational institutions and students. Independent variables include personal background (gender, grade, professional, family economic situation, personal career planning consciousness, five dimensions) and Academic pressure (personal level Academic pressure, school level Academic pressure, family level Academic pressure, three dimensions), dependent variables for career decision (anxiety hesitation, lack of personal cognition, education and professional knowledge, timing, external barriers five dimensions). The questionnaire survey method was conducted by email for the art students of Shanghai Vocational College of the Arts, and SPSS was used for data analysis. The study methods included descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The sample recovery is efficient, and the distribution of gender and grade is balanced, covering the four major art majors. The study process includes three stages: questionnaire design and pre-test, formal test and data collection and analysis, and finally SPSS for data analysis.