Counseling Needs for the Arabian Gulf University Male-Female Students

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the most important counseling needs of Arabian Gulf University male-female students, among the variable; sex, college, age, and major. The sample of the study was (127) male and female students. Counseling needs questionnaire was administered. The data is then analyzed using mean, T-test, and ANOVA. The results indicated that the most important needs that should be met are: Athletic activities programs, Psychological Counselor or Counseling Center, Developing the academic counseling, Vocational Counseling-Guidance services and Health information advising programs. The results, also, indicated that no significant difference in counseling needs among sex, but it was among variables; College, age, and major. The result were then discussed in the context of social view.