Schweitzer R D
Counseling service, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
J Am Coll Health. 1996 Sep;45(2):73-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1996.9936865.
Although Australian universities have allocated significant resources toward the development of student support services, administrators have little systematic information about the problems undergraduate university students experience or students' knowledge about available support services. The author surveyed 441 students in an urban, nonresidential university to examine the prevalence of difficulties associated with learning, sexual harassment, discrimination, emotional distress, health problems, course and career concerns, financial difficulties, and difficulties with lecturers; he also assessed students' knowledge of support services in each of these areas. Course concerns were the most common problem, followed by emotional distress, worry about career choices, financial difficulties, and problems with lecturers. More than half of the students were unaware of the support services available to them to address a range of concerns from sexual harassment and discrimination to emotional distress. Approximately 20% of the students reported having used university counseling or career services. Implications for targeting specific areas for outreach programs are discussed.
尽管澳大利亚的大学已投入大量资源用于发展学生支持服务，但管理人员几乎没有关于本科大学生所经历问题或学生对现有支持服务了解情况的系统信息。作者对一所位于城市的非住宿制大学的441名学生进行了调查，以研究与学习、性骚扰、歧视、情绪困扰、健康问题、课程与职业担忧、经济困难以及与讲师之间的问题相关的困难发生率；他还评估了学生在上述每个领域对支持服务的了解情况。课程担忧是最常见的问题，其次是情绪困扰、对职业选择的担忧、经济困难以及与讲师之间的问题。超过一半的学生不知道有哪些支持服务可用于解决从性骚扰、歧视到情绪困扰等一系列问题。约20%的学生表示曾使用过大学的咨询或职业服务。文中讨论了针对外展项目特定领域的意义。
