The Attitude of Students towards C onsultation*/C ounselling

Abstract

In the author's previous research (1973), it was found that Japanese students, compared with students in the USA, tended to see themselves as having no problems. On the other hand, 48 per cent of the Japanese students who saw themselves as having no problem stated that, if they were to have a particular problem, it would be appropriate to receive counselling for it. Moreover, this group of students who saw themselves as having no problems preferred evaluative attitudes in a counsellor for hypothetical problems, whereas the group that stated that they had problems preferred purposive ones. In fact, compared with the students in the USA, the percentage of Japanese students who seek counselling for their problems is found to be very low (4 per cent compared with 40 per cent); this seems to indicate that these attitudes might be one of the factors influencing whether students come to the counselling centre.

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