Influence of Clients’ Counselling Expectations on Psychological Help Seeking Behaviour Among Students in National Open University of Nigeria
Keywords:
Counselling expectation, psychological help seeking behaviour, psychological disorderAbstract
The researchers investigated the influence of counselling expectations of students on their behaviours toward seeking psychological help in NOUN in Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was used for this study. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated. Stratified randomisation was used to select six hundred (600) students from Lagos study, Port Harcourt Centre, Enugu Centre, Makurdi Centre and Maiduguri Centres of the National University of Nigeria. The brief form of abbreviated version of Counselling Expectations survey questionnaire containing 52 items was used. The questionnaire which is designed to measure expected counsellor’s expertise, students’ personal commitment and counsellor’s facilitative ability in building therapeutic relationship was validated, piloted tested and used for the research. Counsellor’s expertise was the most influential factor in students’ counselling expectations. When the hypotheses were tested at P<.05, Alpha level significant using IBM SPSS statistics 20, Paired Samples Test, differences were noted between students’ personal commitment factor and counsellor’s expertise; students’ personal commitment factor and counsellor’s facilitative ability in building therapeutic relationship factor, counsellor’s expertise and counsellor’s facilitative ability in building therapeutic relationship factor. Though, Counsellor’s expertise factor was the most influential expectancy in students’ seeking psychological help in NOUN, other two expectations were considered to be germane and relevance to their expectations. In conclusion therefore the counsellor’s expertise, attitude and attribute in counselling play a pivotal role in the students’ counselling expectations in seeking psychological helping behaviour.
Résumé : Les chercheurs ont étudié l'influence des attentes des étudiants en matière de conseil sur leurs comportements en vue de chercher une aide psychologique à NOUN au Nigéria. L’enquête descriptive a été utilisée méthode pour faire cette étude. Quatre questions de recherche et quatre hypothèses ont été formulées. La randomisation stratifiée a été utilisée pour sélectionner les six cent (600) étudiants de l'étude au nivau des centres de Lagos, de Port Harcourt, de Enugu, de Makurdi et des centres Maiduguri de l'Université nationale du Nigéria. Le sommaire de la version abrégée du questionnaire de l'enquête sur les attentes en matière de conseil contenant 52 éléments a été utilisée. Le questionnaire conçu pour mesurer l’expertise attendue du conseiller, l’engagement personnel des étudiants et la capacité du conseiller à établir des relations thérapeutiques a été validé, testé, et utilisé pour la recherche. L’expertise du conseiller a été le facteur le plus influent dans les attentes des étudiants en matière de conseil. Lorsque les hypothèses ont été testées à p <0,05, niveau alpha significatif, à l’aide des statistiques IBM SPSS 20, le test des échantillons appariés, des différences ont été constatées entre le facteur d’engagement personnel des étudiants et l’expertise du conseiller; le facteur d'engagement personnel des étudiants et le facteur de la capacité facilitatrice du conseiller à établir des relations thérapeutiques, l’expertise du conseiller et la capacité facilitatrice des conseillers à établir un facteur relationnel thérapeutique. étaient considérés comme pertinents et conformes à leurs attentes. En conclusion, l’expertise, l’attitude et les attributs du conseiller jouent un rôle central dans les attentes des étudiants en matière de conseil dans la recherche d’un comportement d’aide psychologique.
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