부산대학교 도서관

To elucidate the actual condition of students displaying a non-subjective attitude towards counseling, features of the counselors’ understanding of and responses to such students, and relationship between the structures of the student counseling organization and the counselors’ approach, we performed a nationwide survey. Questionnaires were sent to counselors at 744 universities. A total of 206 counselors responded （27.7%）, and 202 had experienced non-subjective students’ visits. Counselors’ understanding of and responses to them were investigated using factor analysis. Three factors indicating students’ conditions （“the need for practical support,” “difficulty in expressing emotions,” and “ambiguous motives for undergoing counseling”）, and two indicating counselors’ responses （“attitude of leading the students in supporting them” and “an empathic regard for discomfort”） were identified. Scores on “need for practical support,” “difficulty in expressing emotion,” and “attitude of leading the students in supporting them” were significantly higher in counselors working in a large-scale rather than small-scale organization. While needing support, the students characteristically had difficulty in utilizing counseling. Therefore, counselors may proactively anchor their support to the students, while simultaneously considering that the students might experience discomfort in counseling. External factors other than the counselor, including counseling organizations, may associate with counselors’ understanding and responses.