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Dropouts from a university counselling service: a quantitative and qualitative study.
- Source :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling; Oct2019, Vol. 47 Issue 5, p590-602, 13p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper aims to examine the characteristics of students who withdrew from a university counselling service in northern Italy. Differences found in the socio-demographic characteristics of counselling completers and dropouts and in the scores obtained in questionnaires administered at the outset were analysed. Furthermore, in order to identify reasons for dropping out, a qualitative approach was also used. The results suggest that premature termination is not a unitary phenomenon and that dropouts are a heterogeneous group. It is important not to always consider dropouts as a negative outcome of university counselling services. Additional research on dropouts is needed to help university counselling services to serve students more effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
COLLEGE students
CONTENT analysis
COUNSELING
SCHOOL dropouts
EMOTIONS
HEALTH
INTERVIEWING
MENTAL illness
QUESTIONNAIRES
STUDENT attitudes
T-test (Statistics)
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
QUALITATIVE research
QUANTITATIVE research
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SYMPTOM Checklist-90-Revised
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03069885
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139272624
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2019.1566513