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The study is to verify structural relationship among social support, self-leadership, career development competency and career preparation behavior among high school students, as well as to verify mediation effect of self-leadership and career development competency in the relationship between social support and career preparation behavior. To analyze these problems, this study surveyed 397 general high school students in Busan. The collected data were analyzes through structural equation modeling and the significance of each path was verified by bootstrapping analysis. The major findings of this study were as follows: First, there was a significant correlation between Social Support, Self-Leadership, Career Development Competency and Career Preparation Behavior. Second, we found that the link between social support and career preparation behavior was fully mediated by commitment to a self-leadership and career development competency. The results of this study can be used as basic data for effective career education for general high school students. In addition, it is meaningful to confirm that it is necessary to plan various and detailed activities in career education by identifying mediating role of self-leadership and career development competency.