STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS ONLINE COUNSELLING IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitude university students have towards online counselling in the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 500 respondents from a population of 17,815 students from the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The study made use of primary data through the use of an adapted Online Counselling Attitude Scales for data collection. The data collected were analysed with the use of descriptive statistics (frequency and percentages, means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA). The study found that university students have positive attitude towards online counselling. However, they have negative attitude towards the utilisation of online counselling. Also, the attitude of university students towards online counselling does not differ with respect to gender and student’s academic level. Finally, university students’ attitude towards online counselling differs with respect to age. The study recommended that workshops be organised by university counselling centers to heighten the utilisation of online counselling.