South Korean vocational psychologists have studied the impact of parental support on children's career self-efficacy using theories validated in the US. However, there is little research examining whether theories developed in the US can be applied to South Korean population. As the cultural context is a critical factor that can shape the associations between parental support and children's career self-efficacy, we address this limitation through meta-analytic review. We located 2615 effect sizes from 147 South Korean studies, and 388 effect sizes from 54 US studies. By synthesizing and comparing these results, we found general support for our hypotheses. The relations between parental support and career self-efficacy were significant in both nations, from elementary through post-secondary students. In particular, the relations were stronger in South Korea for high school and post-secondary participants. Next, specific parental support behavior of emotional support and communicational support were found to have particularly strong impacts for South Korean participants. Financial support also showed a strong impact on career self-efficacy for South Korean participants, contrasting with the US participants. Finally, the relations between parental support and career self-efficacy declined across grade levels in both nations. This decline began during post-secondary education for South Korean sample, whereas it began during high school for the US sample. These findings suggest that there are culturally specific details necessary for understanding parental support and career self-efficacy in South Korea.

韩国职业心理学家使用在美国得到验证的理论研究了父母支持对儿童职业自我效能感的影响。然而，很少有研究检验在美国开发的理论是否可以应用于韩国人口。由于文化背景是影响父母支持与儿童职业自我效能感之间关联的关键因素，我们通过元分析回顾解决了这一局限性。我们从 147 项韩国研究中找到了 2615 个效应量，从 54 项美国研究中找到了 388 个效应量。通过综合和比较这些结果，我们发现了对我们假设的普遍支持。从小学生到大专学生，父母支持与职业自我效能感之间的关系在这两个国家都很重要。尤其，在韩国，对于高中生和大专生来说，这种关系更为牢固。接下来，发现情感支持和沟通支持的特定父母支持行为对韩国参与者产生特别强烈的影响。与美国参与者形成鲜明对比的是，财政支持也对韩国参与者的职业自我效能感产生了强烈影响。最后，父母支持与职业自我效能感之间的关系在两个国家的年级水平上都有所下降。这种下降开始于韩国样本的高等教育阶段，而美国样本的下降开始于高中阶段。这些研究结果表明，了解韩国的父母支持和职业自我效能感需要了解特定文化细节。