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The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of emotional intelligence on relations between family strength and career adaptability by college students. For this, college students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk were recruited, and 392 questionnaire sheets were used for analysis. Measuring instruments used in the study were the family strength inventory, the career adaptability inventory, and the emotional intelligence inventory. A procedure for the testing of mediating effects was employed to test the mediating effects of emotional intelligence on the influence of family strength on career adaptability, and the Sobel test was carried out to test the significance of mediating effects. The results of analyzing the gathered data showed that, First, the family strength of college students had significant effects on their career adaptability, and family ties among the sub-variables of family strength had also meaningful influences on their career adaptability. Second, their family strength had significant impacts on their emotional intelligence. Third, their emotional intelligence had significant influences on their career adaptability, all the sub-variables of emotional intelligence had meaningful effects on their career adaptability. Finally, the study analyzed emotional intelligence's correlations with family strength and career adaptability and found significant positive correlations among family strength, career adaptability, and emotional intelligence. The multiple regression analysis results and the Sobel test results demonstrated the partial mediating effects of emotional intelligence on relations between family strength and career adaptability.