Noncognitive Predictors of Counseling Center Use by International Students. Research Report #2-87.

Autor/inn/en	Boyer, Susan P.; Sedlacek, William E.
Institution	Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
Titel	Noncognitive Predictors of Counseling Center Use by International Students. Research Report #2-87.
Quelle	(1987), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Style; College Students; Counseling Services; Foreign Students; Goal Orientation; Higher Education; Personality Traits; Predictor Variables; Student Adjustment; Student Characteristics; Student Needs; Use Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Collegestudent; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Benutzerschulung
Abstract	While research has suggested numerous problems and adjustment difficulties faced by international students attending colleges and universities in the United States, cultural differences may be barriers for international students in their seeking and receiving help for such problems. This study was conducted to examine whether certain noncognitive variables, shown previously to be predictive of academic success for international students, were predictive of whether international students used counseling services at a university counseling center. Freshman international students (N=230) completed the Noncognitive Questionnaire during an orientation data collection session. Students' responses were compared with their use of counseling center services over the next eight semesters. The results revealed three noncognitive variables which significantly (p < .05) predicted counseling center use: understanding and ability to deal with racism; nontraditional ways of acquiring knowledge; and preference for long-term goals over short-term, immediate needs. These findings have implications for designing outreach and counseling services for international students. (Author/NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC