국내 체육 계열 전공 대학생의 전공 관련 특성과 심리적 적응 양상

초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the major-related activity and participation characteristics, major-related cognition and adjustment, protective resources, and stress and burnout characteristics of Korean university students in physical education–related majors. The participants were students enrolled in two-year colleges, four-year universities, and academic credit bank institutions in Korea, and 528 cases were included in the final analysis. Data were collected from June 2025 to January 2026 through both online and offline surveys. Using SPSS, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were calculated. The results showed that personal interest and aptitude accounted for the largest proportion of reasons for choosing the major. Sports lesson experience, sports club and activity experience, and part-time work related to physical education were also widely distributed in the sample. Among the major-related cognition and adjustment variables, sports value-expectancy beliefs showed the largest mean, and major fit, metacognition, major engagement, and independent learning also showed means above the upper 3-point range. In terms of protective resources, family support and professor support showed relatively larger means, whereas failure tolerance, cognitive flexibility, and self-compassion were distributed in the lower 3-point range. Career stress and major academic burnout were 2.88 and 2.43, respectively. These findings suggest that the university experience of students in physical education–related majors may be organized through an interconnected structure of major choice, actual sports participation, major-related cognition, relational support, and psychological burden. This study is meaningful in that it provides baseline data on the overall characteristics of Korean university students in physical education–related majors and may serve as a starting point for future analyses of group differences, variable relationships, and explanatory factors.

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