This study investigated the roles of sense of relatedness, perceived barriers, coping efficacy in high schoolers\' school engagement and career aspiration. High schoolers out of 369 high schoolers(male 201, female 168) who participated in the study were from the southern part and the northern part of Seoul, respectively. For the analyses, correlational test, multiple regression test and t-test were performed.
The study revealed the following results.
First, the correlational analyses showed positive correlationships between several subordinate constructs of school engagement, sense of relatedness, perceived barriers, and coping efficacy. However, there were negative correlationships between perceived barriers and other variables, indicating as high schoolers\' perceived barriers increased, their school engagement, career aspiration, and coping efficacy decreased.
Second, the analyses of differences in school engagement and career aspiration according to a sense of relatedness and coping efficacy showed that a sense of related level has an impact on school engagement and career aspiration and coping efficacy influences school life and career aspiration.
Third, analyzing variables influencing school engagement showed that of several subordinate constructs of a sense of relatedness, the significant explanatory variables were peer relationship and perceived barriers to educational goal. Additionally, the analysis of the variables related to career aspiration showed that parents relatedness and academic coping efficacy were important explanatory variables.
Fourth, the analyses of differences in high schoolers\' school engagement, career aspiration, sense of relatedness, perceived barriers, and coping efficacy according to gender showed that there were significant differences in high schoolers\' relatedness to parent and perceived barriers. In terms of gender, female students\'s perceived barriers is higher than that of male students. Of its several subordinate constructs, a significant difference between the two groups was found in perception of barriers to career goal.