Counseling Students Research Articles

Challenges of Guidance and Counselling Students During Practicum Exercise

Practicum is a platform designed for counsellors-in-training to assist them to become full professional counsellors. Practicum exercise is one of the major processes for gaining mastery of key concepts in counselling. The detached between theory and practice is a major challenge. This research, therefore focused on the challenges of guidance and counselling students in University of Ilorin during practicum. The descriptive study was adopted in this study. The researcher employed the use of simple random technique to select 220 undergraduate students in the Department of Counsellor Education University of Ilorin. The developed questionnaire was titled “Challenges of Practicum Exercise Questionnaire (CPEQ)”. This was adopted to gather information from the respondents. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.70. The demographic data were analyzed using percentages. Hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The obtained result showed that lack of adequate facilities for practicum exercise, inadequate mastery of counselling skills and inability to synthesize concepts during presentation are the major challenges. All the hypotheses were accepted. Based on these findings, it was recommended that students in training should constantly engage in micro counselling in the laboratory, this will assist them to gain mastery of counselling procedures and thereby overcome challenges on the field.

The experiences and perceptions of campus resource utilization by college students with childhood domestic violence exposure histories

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the campus resource utilization experiences of university students with childhood domestic violence exposure (CDV) histories. Participants: 368 students attending a large, flagship, land-grant, predominantly White university in the Southeastern United States. Methods: Participants completed a web-based survey with variables including CDV, campus resource utilization and perceptions of said resources, and participant resource suggestions. Results: Most students utilized at least one health-related campus resource, with the student health and counseling centers being the most common and helpful. Suggested areas for institutional and service provider growth include enhanced advertisement and accessibility for existing resources and added support groups. Conclusions: College campuses provide unique opportunities to support young adults with CDV histories. Tailoring programming to students with CDV histories has the potential to improve student’s success in and beyond college.

PMSIEMDL: Design of a Pattern analysis Model for identification of Student Inclination towards different Educational-fields via Multimodal Deep Learning Fusions

Identification of student inclination towards different educational fields requires integration of deep pattern learning models with temporal data analysis techniques. These techniques are highly context sensitive, and cannot be scaled for analysis of students that have an interest in multiple domains. Moreover, existing deep learning models are highly complex, and showcase moderate performance when used on real-time datasets. To overcome these limitations, this text proposes design of a Pattern analysis Model for identification of Student Inclination towards different Educational-fields via Multimodal Deep Learning fusions. The proposed model initially collects data samples from a large number of students, and segregates them into different classes. These include social data, personal habits data, education data, family related data, performance data and future inspiration data classes. These datasets were combined with a customized psychological questionnaire which was curated by experts in the field of student counselling & psychology. Based on student responses, their entity specific classes were generated, that were separately trained via different Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Models, which assists in identification of student-performance at individual-class levels. These performances are compared with existing inclination datasets via a fusion of Long-Short-Term Memory (LSTM) & Gated Recurrent Neural Network (GRNN), which assists in identification of correlation between subject-level inclinations & their entity classes. This provides with a probabilistic map of different subjects towards which the student might be inclined, and assists them to select their study streams. The generated map was validated for multiple students, and recommendations were made based on higher probability values, which assisted in identification of student inclination levels. The model was evaluated under large datasets and its performance was compared with various state-of-the-art methods under different scenarios. Based on this comparison, it was observed that proposed model was capable of achieving 8.5% better recommendation accuracy, 4.9% higher prediction precision, 6.5% better recommendation recall & 2.9% better Area Under the Curve (AUC) levels, which makes it highly useful for a wide variety of student inclination use cases

Dutch secondary school counselors’ and tutors’ views on how students should make study profile choices

Student counselors and tutors guide students’ choices of study profiles (subjects) within Dutch secondary education. This study addressed three research questions: (1) According to counselors and tutors, what factors should inform students’ study profile choices? (2) Into what types can the views of counselors and tutors be classified? (3) According to counselors and tutors, which factors should secondary school students consider when choosing their study profiles in a forced-choice situation? Interviews held with 70 tutors and counselors identified students’ interests, abilities, and future-oriented considerations as most important (RQ1). Six types of views were identified in which one, two, or all of the above-mentioned factors were regarded the most important by the participants (RQ2). Responses to the forced-choice situations largely confirmed different perspectives on the factors: the majority of participants perceived students’ interests very important (RQ3).

Family climate and its relationship to psychological resilience among counseling students in Jordan

ABSTRACT The current study aimed to identify the relationships among family climate characteristics and psychological resilience among (female) counselling students at one university in Jordan. A family climate scale and a psychological resilience scale were administered to a sample of 157 students. Results indicated high levels of both positive family climate and psychological resilience, with no differences in family climate shown due to the variables of birth order or academic year. Differences appeared in psychological resilience according to the birth order variable in favour of the eldest girl in the family, and according to the academic year variable and in favour of the fourth-year students. Positive family climate was positively correlated with psychological resilience.”

International students' perspectives on the genetic counseling application process.

Between 2018 and 2023, one percent of matched applicants to North American genetic counseling graduate programs (GCGPs) have been international applicants (IAs). The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in the GCGP application processes in 2020, most notably the incorporation of virtual interviews and GRE waivers, which uniquely impacted IAs. Twelve international genetic counseling (GC) students who matriculated into a U.S.-based GCGP in 2021 or 2022 participated in this qualitative study (42% of the total enrolled) to understand their application experience. Cost, location of the program, and rapport during interviews were the most important factors identified by IAs to apply to and rank the GCGPs. Shadowing and volunteer experiences relevant to GC were cited as important for applicants to learn about a genetic counseling career, but many had challenges finding opportunities in their home countries. Unique logistical challenges in taking the GRE, transcript evaluation services, and standardized English proficiency tests were described. Although virtual interviews offered the same experience as domestic applicants, the time difference was a major challenge, requiring IAs to interview through the night, creating additional stressors. Nine of 12 were re-applicants and shared that engaging with GCGPs early in the process was beneficial for improving applications and, at times, requesting waivers for transcript evaluation requirements and considering unique volunteering experiences. Participants suggested GCGPs can address barriers by providing more specific information on their websites as it pertains to IAs, and contact information for the international student office. Improving awareness of the applicants' backgrounds, home country experiences, and time zone differences would provide IAs with a more equitable application experience. Addressing these barriers could help promote diversity, equity, and inclusion allowing for more IAs and the growth of the genetic counseling profession.

Enhancing Psychotherapy Outcome and Quality Improvement in Education: A Qualitative Exploration of Teacher-Centric Approaches By IJISRT

This study investigated the ways in which the educational domain is implementing ongoing qualitative research impact by using systems for therapeutic outcome measurements that collaborate closely with educators to guarantee quality enhancement. Given that teachers play a crucial role in promoting students' mental health and overall wellbeing, this study aimed to get a thorough knowledge of the perspectives, experiences, and methods that teachers use to implement psychotherapy techniques in the classroom. In-depth interviews and theme analysis were used in a qualitative study to achieve this goal. The study highlighted challenges, opportunities, and successful initiatives that can be used to increase psychotherapy's efficacy and enhance counsellor education from the viewpoint of educators. Because they mentor, assist, and counsel students, teachers have more daily interaction with pupils than anybody else in the educational system. The lessons learned from these experiences were crucial in formulating the theoretical recommendations for integrating psychotherapy into educational settings. The goal of the qualitative research was to provide a detailed account of the day-to-day experiences of the instructors, including those that are driven by challenges that impede the flow of classes and those that are motivated by tactics that enable teaching in spite of the difficulties. The study covers a number of important subjects, including the challenges associated with getting medical supplies and training, the advantages of collaboration and curriculum development, and the need to create a "friendly" learning environment in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the problems from the teacher's point of view. Policymakers, school administrators, and mental health practitioners will benefit from having a better understanding of how stresses, for example, may impact the use of therapeutic therapies in the learning environment. In the end, the study could be a crucial topic for talking about mental health resources for the school community. Teachers would be crucial since they will get the proposed programme and then implement it with the kids. The purpose of this research was to provide light on teachers' opinions, experiences, and situations in order to inform policies that might enhance the mental health of learning environments and put evidence into practice.

English as a gatekeeper

This paper investigates power structures in English-language education within Sweden's Language Introduction Program (LIP). In Swedish society, a high proficiency in English plays an important role in accessing further education and the job market. Inadequate proficiency in English can lead to inequality in education, and thus to inequality in society in a long-term perspective. The methodology of this study is based on linguistic ethnography using interview data from seven semi-structured individual interviews with principals, mentors, a student counselor, and a special-needs educator involved in LIP at a Swedish school. Foucauldian perspectives of power and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis are used to examine power structures and language ideologies within the organization. The results show how LIP’s organizational structures disadvantage the international language of English. Furthermore, power structures of governmentality within the organization steer students towards vocational programs rather than of theoretical programs

THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY MANAGERS AND LECTURERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC ADVISORS

The credit-based training approach encourages students' initiative and creativity by placing them at the center of the teaching and learning process. Academic advisers then directly impact students' training and job choices, as well as their progress in learning. In order to lay a solid scientific foundation for implementing policies for this team, this study identifies and examines managers' and instructors' perspectives on the role of academic advisors based on the findings of a survey conducted at Thu Dau University. The findings show that managers and academic advisors recognize the crucial role academic advisors play as a link between educational institutions, students, and the job market. This team also serves as a representative of leaders when mentoring and counseling students on matters pertaining to scientific research, management, training plans, and teaching strategies. In addition to serving as a career guidance expert and assisting students in overcoming obstacles that arise when they first enter a university setting, teachers who serve as academic advisors must orient, counsel, and oversee students' activities throughout the learning process. Thus, academic advisors have contributed to improving the quality of human resources trained by Thu Dau Mot University, according to the credit system.

School psychologists’ training to support inclusive education in Portugal: Trainers’ perspectives of opportunities, challenges, and improvements

School psychologists can support schools in implementing inclusive practices. In Portugal, the Decree-Law 54/2018 has set the country on the path to inclusive education based on whole-school approaches. This policy shift demands a change in school psychologists’ practices to be agents for systems change versus traditional roles (such as assessing and counseling students). An e-learning training course was developed and implemented by nine psychologists through a partnership between the Ministry of Education and the Portuguese Psychology Association, focused on the Multi-tiered Systems of Support framework for constructing inclusive schools. The main aim was to empower school psychologists to support adequate, inclusive, and multi-tiered intervention responses in their schools, resourcing a collaborative and supervised approach. From all Portuguese regions, 327 psychologists participated in the training from October 2020 to April 2021. This article focuses on the trainers’ experiences of training, collected through a focus group, reflecting on the challenges, opportunities, and necessary improvements for future training in school psychologists in Portugal on this topic. Trainers have identified organizational and pedagogical aspects as critical to the training delivery and quality that should be addressed in future training courses for school psychologists.

Exploring Latine students’ perceptions of their high school counselors’ capitalization of community cultural wealth

AbstractThis qualitative study explored the experiences of Latine college students with their high school counselors about community cultural wealth. The study aimed to understand how high school counselors cultivated Latine students’ navigational, aspirational, linguistic, familial, social, and resistant capital. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with eight Latine college students attending a Hispanic‐Serving Institution. The findings revealed that high school counselors supported Latine students’ navigational and aspirational capital but did not cultivate their linguistic, familial, social, and resistant capital. Implications for practice include the need for culturally appropriate interventions, advocacy for better student–counselor ratios, and using the ASCA National Model and Empowerment Model to design interventions that cultivate Latine students’ community cultural wealth.

Motivation, Self-efficacy, and International Students’ Academic Performance

This project explored how international students’ learning motivations and self-efficacy can affect their academic performance when studying abroad via a systematic literature review approach. It specifically explored two sets of relationships by outlining the key concepts and theories that predict such relationships, discussing the specialities of these concepts and theories with regard to the research target, international students, and summarising and comparing the findings of empirical studies in specific contexts.The project specifically reveals that international students’ motivations can be enhanced by their clear goals to study abroad and undermined by their sociocultural adaptation to the learning environments. Their self-efficacy beliefs can also be damaged by their language difficulties and adaptation problems. Despite some inconsistencies in empirical research findings, international students’ intrinsic motivations and self-efficacy beliefs can both positively enhance their academic performances. Based on these findings, teachers are suggested to offer adequate social support for international students by providing student counselling services, promoting an inclusive culture, and supporting the construction of international student communities. These methods will assist international students’ cultural and academic adaptation and enhance their academic motivations and self-efficacy beliefs. The teachers are also suggested to differentiate teaching approaches in response to the specific needs of international students and facilitate students’ self-efficacy development through affirmative recognition.

Implementation of spiritual guidance and counseling for students at jamilurrahman islamic high school bantul

Education is an effort to improve the quality of humans to become pious people. Thus, the provision of guidance and counseling is not only based on psychological and sociocultural principles, but also must understand that humans are creatures of Allah the Exalted. The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of spiritual counseling guidance carried out at Madrasah Aliyah Jamilurrahman Bantul, Yogyakarta. This research is a field research, researchers use descriptive qualitative research. The objects of this research are school principals, student affairs and counseling guidance teachers. Data collection techniques in this study are interviews, observation and documentation, as for technical data analysis through data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The results of this study started from school preventive efforts, violations that occurred in the form of minor violations. Handling problematic students is carried out through dialogue directed at understanding religious values. The impact of spiritual counseling guidance indicates a change in behavior for the better. The supporting factor for spiritual counseling guidance is that teachers are given the opportunity to develop themselves and support school residents. As for the inhibiting factors, there are still school residents who do not understand the function of counseling guidance and there are still parents who lack response to student problems that violate school rules

Career Development Programs at Yonsei University College of Medicine

The career choices of medical students are significant for both individual students and society, which relies on a robust public healthcare system. Medical schools should provide a conducive environment and diverse information to enable students to make mature career decisions. Yonsei University College of Medicine conducts extracurricular programs for students’ career development, including the Career Choice Expo, Career Path Survey, Special Lecture on Career Development, and a Visible Radio Show focused on career counseling. Additionally, the intracurricular activities offered by the college include career advising to students through faculty advisors in learning communities based on students’ reflective writing about career-related activities. Medical students, in the process of forming their career decisions, compare what they have learned in the medical school curriculum with information acquired through extracurricular activities, taking into consideration their individual characteristics. Through longitudinal discussions with faculty advisors in learning communities, medical students not only gain recognition for the validity of their exploratory activities but also develop a sense of self-efficacy in making career decisions. The career education program at Yonsei University College of Medicine aligns with recent perspectives emphasizing the integration of career counseling for medical students into the curriculum in order to increase effectiveness.

Career Guidance to Help Medical School Students Choose a Specialty after Graduation

The author recommends the creation of a nationwide career guidance program at the national level through the establishment of a long-term cohort, involving collaboration among medical schools nationwide. This cohort would be constructed for the purpose of analyzing correlations from admission to medical school to post-graduate education, facilitating the development of a career guidance program. This will aid in career development through students' self-analysis and competency building. Each medical school should operate a systematic career guidance program. Career guidance for post-graduate major selection should be included in the regular curriculum. Schools are advised to operate student counseling rooms for various career guidance services. For example, medical schools can operate 1:1 career counseling, academic counseling, career guidance surveys, psychological tests, and counseling. It is advisable to establish a mentor-professor system, connect mentor professors, and build a network of experts related to majors to provide immediate support according to students' needs. Professional mentor training should be provided to mentor professors. To provide opportunities for students to experience their career paths in advance, early clinical exposure, long-term integrated clinical practice, community-based clinical practice, participation in student research programs, career fairs, and student internship programs are recommended. In South Korea, it is necessary to systematically operate the internship system and make improvements to facilitate optical career choices. Additionally, considering the significant influence of social factors on students' career choices in South Korea, efforts should be made to identify and address the issues related to these social factors.

A Study on the Identity, Cross-Cultural Management Behavior and Career Adjustment Path of Foreign Student Counselors in China Based on Social Role Theory

Counselors for international students are not only professional identities but also social roles, encompassing counselors’ professional responsibilities and expectations, international students’ needs and expectations, as well as the influence of social and cultural environments. Under the guidance of social role theory, this paper first analyzes the current status quo of the identity of foreign student counselors in China and discusses the role conflicts and related work difficulties faced by this profession. Secondly, it explores the relationship between foreign student counselors’ understanding of their careers and their cross-cultural management behavior. Finally, the paper puts forward suggestions for strengthening the relevant system guarantees and providing platform experiences from the perspective of the state to the universities. Additionally, it proposes suggestions for self-empowerment from the perspective of the practitioners, offering a new path to the high-quality development of international students’ education.

A pilot study of the behavioral addictions knowledge survey: Ensuring students’ knowledge about process/behavioral addictions

AbstractFuture counselors are likely to work with clients with process/behavioral addictions (PBA). The behavioral addiction knowledge survey (BAKS) was designed to determine counseling students’ knowledge of PBAs. This article presents the instrument development procedures and results of a preliminary exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and a Rasch analysis of the BAKS. The sample size included 77 counseling students. The EFA suggested a three‐factor, 18‐item solution, with satisfactory internal consistency within each factor. Rasch analysis results also yielded excellent infit and outfit statistics. Detailed psychometric properties of the BAKS are provided. Implications for counselor educators, supervisors, and future researchers are included.

대학생의 부모애착이 사회적 지지와 정서지능을 매개로 역기능적 진로사고에 미치는 영향

Objectives This study aimed to identify the impact the parental attachment of 4-year college students has on their dysfunctional career thoughts through social support and emotional intelligence to provide primary data that can be used for education and counseling for college students' career choice and preparation.
 Methods In order to verify the research question, an online survey was conducted on students currently attending universities in Korea by selecting a total of 17 regions, including Seoul, Sejong, Jeonnam, Ulsan, and Jeju. A total of 300 questionnaires were used for the final analysis, and a structural equation model was used to investigate the relationship among latent variables and to verify the significance of model goodness of fit, and single- and dou-ble-mediated effects.
 Results First, a single-mediated impact of social support was identified in terms of the relationship between pa-rental attachment and emotional intelligence, while emotional intelligence was determined as a single-mediated effect for social support and dysfunctional career thoughts. Second, the fully double-mediated effect of social support and emotional intelligence was identified in parental attachment and dysfunctional career thoughts.
 Conclusions This demonstrates that in the short term, interventions focusing on social support and emotional in-telligence rather than parental attachment are expected to have a direct and short-term effect. In a fundamental aspect, this means that counseling strategies and interventions are needed to help recognize and understand cli-ent problems, considering mediation for parental attachment.

Peningkatan Kinerja Guru Melalui Supervisi Pendidikan Terhadap Guru MA Negeri 2 Serang Provinsi Banten

This research is motivated by the decline in teacher performance in the process of implementing teaching and learning. One of the indicators of decreased teacher performance in learning is the decreased learning achievement of students in the MA Nederi 2 Serang Banten Province. The purpose of this research is to improve teacher performance through individual supervision of teachers at MA Negeri 2 Serang Banten. The research method used is qualitative. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation studies. Based on the results of the research shows that; First, the implementation of student counseling services is carried out through the creation of a student counseling program and the formation of a student counseling team. Second, implementation of academic supervision through approaches and techniques; class visits, observe teacher performance, observe material management, lead group discussions. Third, monitor the results of teacher academic leadership by discussing learning methods, use and assessment techniques, use of learning environments, and use of study time.

Inconvenient sampling: Community-engaged and restorative justice approaches to genetic counseling student research.

Genetic counseling research requires a comprehensive approach since it frequently serves as the foundation for clinical care practice. Genetic counseling students play a pivotal role in advancing the profession, as they contribute a significant proportion of the research conducted within the genetic counseling community. However, a prevailing trend of convenience sampling of genetic counselors has limited the diversity of perspectives in student research projects. This article promotes a strategy for greater inclusivity and equity in research by emphasizing community-engaged and empowered research through the perspective of restorative justice. Reflecting on the shadow of the harmful ideologies of eugenics in our profession underscores the need to amplify patients' voices and diverse experiences. Community-engaged research-in collaboration with individuals, families, and communities directly impacted by genetic counseling-transcends traditional research paradigms, empowering patients and addressing systemic inequities. Incorporating community-engaged research into genetic counseling student projects aims to empower future professionals to better understand patient perspectives and needs while working toward addressing historical injustices. This article explores the potential benefits and pathways of incorporating community-engaged research and restorative justice principles into genetic counseling scholarly work, promoting empathy, cultural responsiveness, and ultimately, a more patient-centered approach to research and clinical care. By embracing this collective journey toward authentic partnership in the production of high-quality evidence in genetic counseling student research and more broadly, genetic counseling can become a more just and inclusive practice.