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The problem with which this study is concerned is an investigation of the feasibility of using a questionnaire for determining perceived needs of students to improve the planning and programming process in student development in higher education. The study was designed to accomplish two purposes: to examine the feasibility of such an approach and to present an example of how such a study can be accomplished. The study concludes: a perceived needs survey can be accomplished with minimal difficulty and is effective in improving planning; documented student need should provide the bias for determining service philosophy and for planning student development programs for all students and for student subgroups; documented student need and preference should provide the basis for determining times of service offerings and staff utilization and deciding on methods of publicizing programs; the use of the perceived needs survey should reduce planning time.

The purpose of this study is to give an increased knowledge of how students with dyslexia experience the counselling they received in regard to further studies and future work in connection to the transition from compulsory education to upper secondary school. As well as what is perceived as the most optimum process of counselling given from the needs of the student. Furthermore, there was an interest for a greater understanding of how student counselling work with dyslexic students and what knowledge the student counsellors have about this hidden disability. Qualitative interviews were done, both with students with dyslexia as well as student counsellors working for the years of compulsorily education. The interviews showed that students had not received what to them was an adequate and optimum guidance in regard to their needs. Much like the research found in connection to dyslexia the students note that their own self-esteem and self-worth in regard to the schoolwork lessens along the way. Something that is found to be reassuring is that the student counsellors interviewed say that there are no limitations for dyslexic students when it comes to choose of studies as long as they get proper support and adaptation after their needs. / Studiens syfte är att få en ökad kunskap om hur elever med dyslexi upplever den studie- och yrkesvägledning de fick i samband med övergången mellan grundskola och gymnasium. Och vad de anser är den optimala vägledningsprocessen utifrån deras behov. Vidare var en ökad kunskap om hur studie och yrkesvägledare arbetar med elever med dyslexi och vilken kunskap vägledarna har om denna dolda funktionsnedsättning av intresse. Kvalitativa intervjuer genomfördes med både elever som har dyslexi och Studie- och yrkesvägledare på grundskolan. Intervjuerna visade på att eleverna inte har erhållit för dem adekvat och optimal vägledning utifrån deras behov. Precis som i den forskning vi fann rörande dyslexi så påpekar eleverna att självkänslan och självförtroendet rörande skolarbete får sig många törnar efter vägen. Det som känns uppmuntrande är att vägledarna vi intervjuade säger att det finns ingen begränsning för dyslektiker i val av program om de får rätt stöttning och anpassningar utifrån deras behov.

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the comparison of the effects of two group counseling approaches upon selected counselee characteristics. The purpose of the study was the determination of the relative effectiveness of counselor-led group counseling and leaderless group counseling upon anxiety, self-concept, and study habits and attitudes among high school seniors. Forty of ninety-six Russellville, Arkansas, high school seniors who were referred for group counseling by their high school teachers and counselors were randomly selected as subjects. Thirty of the students were assigned in a random manner to three ten-member experimental groups. Ten of the students were assigned in a random manner to a control group. Following treatment each group was reduced to eight subjects each because of poor participation by a few subjects in each group. The IPAT Anxiety Scale, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, and the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes were administered to all subjects prior to and after ten weeks of treatment.

O objetivo desta investigação foi avaliar a eficácia de uma estratégia de psicoterapia breve e grupal baseada em exercícios de fantasia dirigida, e se tal eficácia estava relacionada à atitude das pessoas atendidas frente à imaginação, à vivacidade de suas imagens mentais e ao controle que tinham sobre estas. Os exercícios imagéticos foram realizados com o intuito de promover estados levemente alterados de consciência que, por sua vez, permitissem a ativação de potenciais psicológicos supraconscientes. Isso com o propósito de auxiliar estudantes universitários a superarem problemas de ansiedade em situações de prova e exame. As medidas de um grupo experimental (n=32) em escalas de ansiedade e atitude frente à imaginação, bem como de vivacidade e controle de imagens mentais, tomadas antes e após a realização do tratamento psicoterápico, foram comparadas às de um grupo de controle (n=50). E a análise estatística dos resultados obtidos forneceu indícios claros do sucesso da terapêutica empregada, mas não da relação entre esse sucesso e as variáveis ligadas a imagens mentais que foram levadas em conta. / This investigation\'s purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of brief group psychotherapy based on guided imagery, and if this efficacy was related to clients\' attitude toward imagination and clients\' imagery vividness and control. Guided imagery, aimed to promote slightly altered states of consciousness, were used with the purpose of activating supra conscious psychological potentials to help undergraduates with test anxiety problems. Measures of an experimental group (n=32) on test anxiety, attitude toward imagination, imagery vividness and control scales, taken before and after the therapeutic strategy\'s implementation, were compared with measures of a control group (n=50). Statistical analysis indicated the success of the therapeutic method employed but no clear connections between this success and the imagery related variables considered.

O objetivo desta investigação foi avaliar a eficácia de uma estratégia de psicoterapia breve e grupal baseada em exercícios de fantasia dirigida, e se tal eficácia estava relacionada à atitude das pessoas atendidas frente à imaginação, à vivacidade de suas imagens mentais e ao controle que tinham sobre estas. Os exercícios imagéticos foram realizados com o intuito de promover estados levemente alterados de consciência que, por sua vez, permitissem a ativação de potenciais psicológicos supraconscientes. Isso com o propósito de auxiliar estudantes universitários a superarem problemas de ansiedade em situações de prova e exame. As medidas de um grupo experimental (n=32) em escalas de ansiedade e atitude frente à imaginação, bem como de vivacidade e controle de imagens mentais, tomadas antes e após a realização do tratamento psicoterápico, foram comparadas às de um grupo de controle (n=50). E a análise estatística dos resultados obtidos forneceu indícios claros do sucesso da terapêutica empregada, mas não da relação entre esse sucesso e as variáveis ligadas a imagens mentais que foram levadas em conta. / This investigation\'s purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of brief group psychotherapy based on guided imagery, and if this efficacy was related to clients\' attitude toward imagination and clients\' imagery vividness and control. Guided imagery, aimed to promote slightly altered states of consciousness, were used with the purpose of activating supra conscious psychological potentials to help undergraduates with test anxiety problems. Measures of an experimental group (n=32) on test anxiety, attitude toward imagination, imagery vividness and control scales, taken before and after the therapeutic strategy\'s implementation, were compared with measures of a control group (n=50). Statistical analysis indicated the success of the therapeutic method employed but no clear connections between this success and the imagery related variables considered.

Magister Psychologiae - MPsych / Student counselling services, typically located within a holistic developmental approach, aim to render comprehensive student services to service users in relation to their psychological, social,educational and spiritual well-being. However, a number of cognitive and affective barriers reportedly reduce the likelihood of young people at universities seeking professional psychological help for personal-emotional problems. Accordingly, the aim of this study, which is located within the Theory of Reasoned Action, was to explore students’ attitudes towards utilising student counselling services, as well as their interpretations of the influence of age, gender and education on their attitudes and self-rated knowledge regarding seeking psychological help. The study thereby attempts to provide an understanding of the factors that influence help-seeking behaviours in university students. The research sample consisted of twenty nine students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The data was collected through focus group discussions, which were conducted using an open-ended and participantcentred approach to the discussion. The qualitative approach of the study was informed by the theory of social phenomenology. Data gathered from the focus group discussions was thematically analysed. The results suggest that attitudes have a potentially important influence on intentions to seek out psychological counselling. Findings show that students feel shame and guilt when they are struggling psychologically and as a result avoid seeking psychological intervention for fear of being negatively stigmatised. The study revealed that education around mental health disorders and the management thereof was crucial in order for them to be demystified and de-stigmatised, and to facilitate openness in the sharing of these problems, and society’s understanding and acceptance of people experiencing psychological disorders. Results also indicate that there is a shift taking place in these attitudes, and suggest ways in which this change can be further facilitated, such as the utilisation of peer helpers who could play a key role in facilitating and reinforcing help seeking behaviour. The outcomes of the study may further contribute to informing universities’ goal to provide accessible, quality and effective development and support services to its students.

The purpose of this study is to understand clients’ experience of the e-counselling service provided by the Directorate: Counselling and Career Development (DCCD) at the University of South Africa. The research questions focused on clients’ expectations and experience of the e-counselling service. A sequential mixed methods design was employed to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data in two phases. Data for phase 1 of this study were collected with an online survey (n = 669) and data for phase 2 were collected with interview questions completed by e-mail (n=10). Quantitative data analysis employed frequency counts and qualitative data analysis was based on procedures outlined by Auerbach and Silberstein (2003). The study shows clients’ preference for text-based electronic services and regard the e-counselling service as a valuable addition to services. Factors that contribute to clients’ positive and negative experiences of e-counselling were identified. Findings and recommendations of this study may be implemented by the DCCD to enhance the e-counselling service. / Psychology / M.Sc. (Psychology)

The purpose of this study is to understand clients’ experience of the e-counselling service provided by the Directorate: Counselling and Career Development (DCCD) at the University of South Africa. The research questions focused on clients’ expectations and experience of the e-counselling service. A sequential mixed methods design was employed to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data in two phases. Data for phase 1 of this study were collected with an online survey (n = 669) and data for phase 2 were collected with interview questions completed by e-mail (n=10). Quantitative data analysis employed frequency counts and qualitative data analysis was based on procedures outlined by Auerbach and Silberstein (2003). The study shows clients’ preference for text-based electronic services and regard the e-counselling service as a valuable addition to services. Factors that contribute to clients’ positive and negative experiences of e-counselling were identified. Findings and recommendations of this study may be implemented by the DCCD to enhance the e-counselling service. / Psychology / M.Sc. (Psychology)