Student's Under utilization of the University of Zambia Counselling Centre
type: CreativeWork
description: This research investigated the factors which affects the turnout of students for counselling at the university of Zambia counselling centre. The university of Zambia students' population was as the study population.The study also considered some specific objectives which included; finding out whether socio economic background of a student can affect their decision to seek counselling; to find out whether, there is a relationship between year of study and the likelihood of a student to seek counselling and many others.The variables that were found to have a significant influence on the students' decision to seek counselling included age, sex, year of study, religion, employment status of guardian, family average monthly income, classification of parents residential area and culture. Moreover, knowledge, attitude and awareness of the students about the existence oft he counselling centre.The study end by giving recommendations on what can be done to improve the turnout of the students at the centre.
abstract: This research investigated the factors which affects the turnout of students for counselling at the university of Zambia counselling centre. The university of Zambia students' population was as the study population.The study also considered some specific objectives which included; finding out whether socio economic background of a student can affect their decision to seek counselling; to find out whether, there is a relationship between year of study and the likelihood of a student to seek counselling and many others.The variables that were found to have a significant influence on the students' decision to seek counselling included age, sex, year of study, religion, employment status of guardian, family average monthly income, classification of parents residential area and culture. Moreover, knowledge, attitude and awareness of the students about the existence oft he counselling centre.The study end by giving recommendations on what can be done to improve the turnout of the students at the centre.
author: Kateule, Fredrick
language: en
keywords: Counselling in Higher Education--Zambia, Health Counseling -- Zambia
date published: 2015-06-15
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:05:59Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Zambia