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The purpose of the present study was in the followings. First, the present study examined the validity of the construct of core self-evaluations which can integrate self-esteem, general self-efficacy, and neuroticism which reflect evaluative aspects of the self, suggested by Judge, Locke, & Durham(1997) in adolescence. Second, the present study examined that the core self-evaluations which appraise the self in positive in a developmental phase significantly predict the life satisfaction in the future. The present study analyzed the data using the structural equation modeling to examine of the validity of the construct of core self-evaluations and the fir of the research model to the data. The results of the present study was in the followings. First, the measurement model of the construct of the core self-evaluation was fitted to the data. Second, the core self-evaluation in middle school students and high school students significantly predicted the life satisfaction(college students’ life satisfaction, leasure satidfaction, and global life satisfaction) in college students. The implications of the research model about the longitudinal relationship between core self-evaluations and life satisfaction in counseling and future research are discussed.