INFLUENCE OF CLIENTS' COUNSELLING EXPECTATIONS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS IN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

The researchers investigated the influence of counselling expectations of students on their behaviours toward seeking psychological help in NOUN in Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was used for this study. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated. Stratified randomisation was used to select six hundred (600) students from Lagos study, Port Harcourt Centre, Enugu Centre, Makurdi Centre and Maiduguri Centres of the National University of Nigeria. The brief form of abbreviated version of Counselling Expectations survey questionnaire containing 52 items was used. The questionnaire which is designed to measure expected counsellor’s expertise, students’ personal commitment and counsellor’s facilitative ability in building therapeutic relationship was validated, piloted tested and used for the research. Counsellor’s expertise was the most influential factor in students’ counselling expectations. When the hypotheses were tested at P<.05, Alpha level significant using IBM des étudiants en matière de conseil dans la recherche d’un comportement d’aide psychologique.