Counseling Needs for the Female Students of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University (A Field Study on Students of the Faculty of Education in Ad Dilam)

Abstract

The purpose of this study aims at identifying the most important counselling needs of female students of the Faculty of Education in Ad Dilam, affiliated to Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, and identifying the differences between the counseling needs according to the variables: specialization, social status and place of residence. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher prepared an instrument to measure the counseling needs, consisting of (40) paragraphs distributed over (4) areas: psychological, professional, social and academic. Moreover, the scale was applied to a sample of (325) students randomly selected from the students of the Faculty of Education. After the statistical analysis of the data, the results of the study showed that the psychological were the most important of these needs, followed by the social, the academic and finally the professional needs. The results also showed no significant differences between the married and unmarried students, the academic specialization and the place of residence.

Key Terms: Counseling Needs, Prince Sattam University.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-20-08

Publication date:July 31^st 2020