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This study aimed to study the effects of participation levels of youth activities -- disciplinary activities, exchange activities, and cultural activities -- on career decision-making of middle- and high-school students and categorized the decision-making orientation into two: self-directed and adult-dependent. It used data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study. Main results are as follows. First, the levels of adult-dependent attitudes and participation of disciplinary activities decreased from middle-school period to high-school period. Second, positive effects of cultural activity on self-directed attitudes were found both middle-school and high- school periods and the participation in cultural activities lowered the levels of adult-dependent attitudes. Third, all types of youth activities did not have significant effects on adult-dependent attitudes. Fourth, while participation in disciplinary activities lowered adult-oriented attitudes in high-school period, participation in exchange activities heightened them. Based on the these findings, this study suggested approaches to promote career decision-making of adolescents and directions for future research.