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The main purpose of the study was to examine effects of reality therapy career group counseling on career maturation, career identity, and achievement motivation of juvenile delinquents. 30 students recommended by M gun office of education in Jeonnam province participated in this study. All of them had took part in special program supervised by We center in M gun office of education because of their misconducts. They consisted of 2nd and 3rd grade of middle school students. 15 students participated as experimental group and the other 15 students participated as control group. They completed Career Maturation Questionnaire, Career Identity Questionnaire, and Achievement Motivation Questionnaire. The results were as follows: first, reality therapy career group counseling was proven to be effective for the improvement of juvenile delinquents' career maturation. All the subscales of career maturation showed significant differences between pretest and posttest among experimental group while only one subscale(attitude toward work) of career maturation showed a significant difference between pretest and posttest among control group. Second, reality therapy career group counseling was proven to be effective for the improvement of juvenile delinquents' career identity. All the subscales of career identity showed significant differences between pretest and posttest among experimental group while none of subscales of career identity showed significant differences between pretest and posttest among control group. Third, reality therapy career group counseling was proven to be effective for the improvement of juvenile delinquents' achievement motivation. In the experimental group, there was a significant difference between pretest and posttest while in the control group, there was not a significant difference between pretest and posttest.