A nationwide Survey on Understanding and Responses of Counselor to Students Displaying a Non-Subjective Attitude towards Counseling.
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- Ohmachi Tomohisa
- Kitasato University Health Care Center
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- Yamada Yuko
- Kitasato University Health Care Center
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- Ishitsuka Masao
- Kitasato University Health Care Center
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- Moriya Tatsumi
- Kitasato University Health Care Center
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- 学生相談における困難事例である非主体的来談学生へのカウンセラーの理解と対応に関する全国調査
- ガクセイ ソウダン ニ オケル コンナン ジレイ デ アル ヒシュタイテキ ライダン ガクセイ エ ノ カウンセラー ノ リカイ ト タイオウ ニ カンスル ゼンコク チョウサ
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Abstract
To elucidate the actual condition of students displaying a non-subjective attitude towards counseling, features of the counselors’ understanding of and responses to such students, and relationship between the structures of the student counseling organization and the counselors’ approach, we performed a nationwide survey. Questionnaires were sent to counselors at 744 universities. A total of 206 counselors responded （27.7%）, and 202 had experienced non-subjective students’ visits. Counselors’ understanding of and responses to them were investigated using factor analysis. Three factors indicating students’ conditions （“the need for practical support,” “difficulty in expressing emotions,” and “ambiguous motives for undergoing counseling”）, and two indicating counselors’ responses （“attitude of leading the students in supporting them” and “an empathic regard for discomfort”） were identified. Scores on “need for practical support,” “difficulty in expressing emotion,” and “attitude of leading the students in supporting them” were significantly higher in counselors working in a large-scale rather than small-scale organization. While needing support, the students characteristically had difficulty in utilizing counseling. Therefore, counselors may proactively anchor their support to the students, while simultaneously considering that the students might experience discomfort in counseling. External factors other than the counselor, including counseling organizations, may associate with counselors’ understanding and responses.
Journal
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- CAMPUS HEALTH
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CAMPUS HEALTH 56 (2), 224-230, 2019
Japan University Health Association