Research on the Psychological Counseling Ability of College Counselors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhve.202416221

Author(s)

Peiling Tan

Affiliation(s)

School of Educational, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China

Abstract

This paper takes the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 as the background of the survey. The purpose is to investigate the mental health status of students in three universities in the specific environment of the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and to further explore the psychological counseling ability of university counselors by using the self-compiled psychological counseling ability feedback scale. The questionnaire was developed by using the general situation scale, the generalized anxiety scale (GAD-7), and the self-designed feedback scale of the psychological counseling ability of university counselors. The questionnaire was distributed to students in three universities, and 1224 valid questionnaires were collected, and then the data were analyzed by SPSS22.0 software. Through the data analysis, the rationality of the classification of the three elements of "psychological counseling ability" proposed by the author. The results show that there is a negative correlation between college students' psychological anxiety and daily life events. The faster college counselors pay attention to and intervene in college student's mental health, the lower their psychological anxiety and the more timely college counselors prevent and discover college students' mental health, the lower their psychological anxiety. Finally, according to the conclusion of the empirical analysis, the suggestions to improve the psychological counseling ability of college counselors were summarized.

Keywords

College Counselors; Psychological Counseling Ability; College Students; Mental Health of College Students; COVID-19

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