Reasons why university students do not seek counselling services in Kenya
Date
2016Author
Kamunyu, Ruth N
Ndungo, Catherine
Wango, Geoffrey
Type
ArticleLanguage
enMetadata
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Transition to university life can be stressful for
all students. In mitigation, most universities in K
enya offer social
support to students in form of counselling, financi
al assistance, health and academic support. Despite
this it has
been documented that only a minority of university
students who experience psychological distress seek
professional counselling (Khan and Williams, 2003,
Raunic and Xenos, 2008) a situation that is the sam
e in
Kenya. According to university counsellors, univers
ity students undergo tremendous stress from persona
l issues,
academic pressure, career emphasis and social probl
ems. Counselling is meant to provide linear paths f
or
students to address their problems. However, some s
tudents are reluctant to seek help from counsellors
. This
paper is a report on a study that sought to establi
sh the reasons why university students in Kenya do
not seek
counselling services.
Citation
Kamunyu, Ruth Njeri, Catherine Ndungo, and Geoffrey Wango. "Reasons Why University Students Do Not Seek Counselling Services in Kenya." Journal of Education and Practice 7.15 (2016): 142-145.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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