College students experience a number of stressors, such as adjustment to a new environment, postgraduation planning, and the balancing of changing roles and responsibilities. These stressors may contribute to increased rates of psychological distress that have implications for their educational and career development. The purpose of this study was to extend understanding of the nature of the relationships among psychological distress, self‐esteem, and career decision self‐efficacy (CDSE) beliefs. Results from 292 undergraduate students demonstrated support for the proposed hypotheses. Psychological distress negatively related to self‐esteem and to CDSE. Self‐esteem was positively related to, yet distinct from, CDSE, and both self‐esteem and psychological distress contributed unique variance to the prediction of CDSE. Results highlight the importance of attending to student psychological distress in the provision of career counseling services. Future research that centralizes mental health is needed to better understand relationships among career development processes over time and within diverse student populations.

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大学生心理困扰：与自尊和职业决策自我效能信念的关系

大学生承受着许多压力，例如适应新环境，毕业后的计划以及角色和职责变化的平衡。这些压力源可能会导致心理困扰的增加，这对其教育和职业发展有影响。这项研究的目的是扩展对心理困扰，自尊和职业决策自我效能（CDSE）信念之间关系本质的理解。292名本科生的研究结果证明了所提出的假设的支持。心理困扰与自尊和CDSE负相关。自尊与CDSE呈正相关，但与CDSE有所不同，自尊和心理困扰对CDSE的预测都有独特的差异。结果突出了在提供职业咨询服务中应对学生心理困扰的重要性。需要进行集中心理健康的未来研究，以更好地了解随着时间的推移以及在不同学生群体中职业发展过程之间的关系。