Global Journal of Guidance and Counseling in Schools: Current Perspectives

Message from the Editor

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It is a great honour for us to publish Volume 8, Issue 3, of the Global Journal of Guidance and Counseling: Current Perspectives. The journal welcomes original empirical investigations and literature review articles on current issues in guidance and counseling. The journal is published quarterly and serves as an international platform for discussing new developments in guidance and counselling. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following major fields as they relate to guidance and counseling: child and adolescent counseling, adult and elder counseling, family counseling, school counseling, health counseling, crisis and risk counseling, occupational counseling, industrial counseling, cyber counseling, psychology education, inter-disciplinary approaches to psychology, counseling and guidance, rehabilitation counseling, technology usage in psychology, counseling and guidance, and special education.

A total number of twenty-two (22) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of eight (8) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.

Aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share the results of their academic studies. There are different research topics discussed in the articles. For example, Comparison effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy and relaxation technique on curing premenstrual syndrome Farah Mahmoud. The practice and guidance and counseling in Amhara region Ethiopia. Alebachew Mohammed Legas, Antehun Atanaw Mengistu. A Content Analysis of the Research Articles Written on online-counseling, Eser Ceker. Factors contributing to effective guidance and counselling services at university of Eswatini, Alfred Fana Tsikati. Study upon the Postgraduate Dissertations the Subject of which are Family Involvement in Pre-School Education in Turkey, Nur Demirbaş Çelik, Aycem Birand. A comparative study of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural and common method of family education on the psychological well-being of parents and girl students in secondary programme at western region of Isfahan Province, Iran, Mansour Abdi, Aliasghar Abbasi. Relationship between father’s emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction with adolescent self-esteem and mental health, Ali Rasouli, Hassan Heydari, Seyed Ali Alyasin, Mansour Abdi. Causes of bullying in the workplace among primary school teachers of your paper, Tomas Cech, Jana Kvintová, Simona Dobešová Cakirpaloglu

The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be try ing to serve you with our journal to provide a rich knowledge of the field.

We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

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Comparison effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy and relaxation technique on curing premenstrual syndrome

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The main purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy and relaxation technique in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). For this purpose, after screening 82 girls students, they were randomly divided into three groups: relaxation, cognitive-behavioral and control. Results showed the amelioration of PMS and PMDD with cognitive-behavioural therapy and relaxation technique but relaxation technique was a superior method. It can be recommended that the relaxation technique for relief of PMS and PMDD.

Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral therapy, relaxation technique, premenstrual syndrome.

The practice and guidance and counseling in Amhara region Ethiopia.

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The Practice of guidance and counseling service in Amhara region public university’s Ethiopia.

Alebachew Mohammed¹ and Antehun Atanaw²

¹Department of psychology, Debere Tabor university E-mail, [email protected]

²Department of English language and literature, Debere Tabor university E-mail, [email protected]

Abstract

Supporting students through their academic and social development are central mission of any university. This study aimed to assess the practice of guidance and counseling service in Amhara region public universities. The study was conducted on Bahir Dar university, Wollo university and Debre Tabor university. Through using sample size determination formula 576 regular students by stratified random sampling and 4 counselors using comprehensive sampling techniques were selected. The data was gathered through observation, interview and questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively through narration of words and descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage. The finding indicates all counselors except Debre Tabor university don’t have female counselors as well all are first degree. Furthermore, the average the ratio of one counselor is 5-10,000 students. Regarding the awareness, majority of student 69%-77.1% of student don’t know the office location of the counselor. Approximately 1% of Bahir Dar university, 3% of Debere Tabor university, 4% of Wollo university students were reported using the service. Among this 28(50.9%) of student evaluated the service as not helpful. Regarding the referral of student by academic staffs (Instructors, departments and Faculty’s) to counselor found poor. Furthermore, counselors are not formally delegated to attend issues that concern students like Forum, discipline and HIV etc. which might be helpful for the intervention. All university use Regular government working time and no night, weekend, telephone counseling service. Student consult their problems mainly to their friends, mothers and religious father. Teachers and counselors are among the least possible source of advisee. In conclusion, the general service provision of guidance and counseling were found poor and given less attention by universities. Thus, ministry of education and the university officials should give due attention by restructuring the office and allocation of resource and experts.

Key word; guidance and counseling, student, counselor, personal and social problems

A Content Analysis of the Research Articles Written on online-counseling

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The aim of this study was to examine the research studies conducted between 2000-2017 about “online counseling” with particular attention to the publication year, number of researcher in the researching teams, country of the researching university/researcher, application area researched, publication source, author, affiliation, research document type, and the research model used. According to the results; teams composing from two to three researchers are more common than studies researched by a single person. Applications focusing on “Analyzing Online Counseling” and “Online Counseling for Health & Medicine” are most preferred researched areas. Results also indicate that, more researchers from USA and Australian Universities studied “online counseling” related problems than others. The total number of research carried out for online counseling seems to have increased from 2007 onwards. It is believed that, these results together with the recommendations and comments may be supportive and helpful especially for the future online counseling research studies in developing countries.

Factors contributing to effective guidance and counselling services at university of Eswatini

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The growth from childhood to adulthood is always fraught with difficulties which create a void for effective guidance and counselling. Similarly, University of Eswatini (UNESWA) students face numerous problems that require effective guidance and counselling. The purpose of the study was to identify factors contributing to effective guidance and counselling at UNESWA, Luyengo Campus. The study utilised descriptive correlational research design. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The instrument was pilot tested with 30 students from Luyengo Campus who were not included in the study. The instrument was found to be 79% reliable. Three experts in counselling from UNIESWA and Ministry of Education and Training validated the instrument for both content and face validity. A sample of 297 was randomly drawn from a population of 1277 students. Data were analysed using descriptive, correlational and multiple regression statistics. Findings revealed that counsellor training contributes most, to effective guidance and counselling services (30.4%). Conclusion drawn is that counsellor training is responsible for effective guidance and counselling. Thus, the study recommends that counsellors must receive training in order to provide effective guidance and counselling services to their clients.

Study upon the Postgraduate Dissertations the Subject of which are Family Involvement in Pre-School Education in Turkey

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Planning and implementation of services which shall make the family a part of the process in the construction of pre-school education services which were provided during early childhood that is one of the most critical periods of life are highly important in terms of child’s healthy development. Within this frame, study upon the dissertations about family involvement and family education in pre-school has become necessary. For this purpose, “family involvement” and “family education” indexes in the departments of Pre-school Education, Pre-School Teaching, Child Development and Education; and Primary School which have been carried out in the Institute of Educational Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences at Council of Higher Education Dissertation Centre have been scanned. As a result of this scan, 35 postgraduate dissertations have been found out. These dissertations have been analyzed by content analysis. This content analysis has been carried out according to specific criteria. These criteria include the year in which the dissertation was made; the level, paradigm, research design, target group, group size, data collection tools and the subject of the dissertation. The data obtained from the dissertations which were examined with content analysis were analyzed. 27 of these dissertations are postgraduate dissertations and 8 of them are doctoral dissertations. One of the remarkable findings of the research is that the percentage of the dissertations upon “investigation of the opinions” is 37%. The findings of the research have been discussed within the frame of literature and recommendations have been made for pre-school teachers.

A comparative study of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural and common method of family education on the psychological well-being of parents and girl students in secondary programme at western region of Isfahan Province, Iran

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This research investigates and compares the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural method and common method of family education on psychological well-being of parents and girl students in the secondary programme at western region of Isfahan province. The hypothesis was that the effect of cognitive-behavioural method and traditional (common) method on the well-being differs. In this experimental study, 80 girl students and their parents were chosen randomly as the population. Pre-test and post-test were taken for all of the subjects based on Reef’s‎ psychological well-being test. The data of this research were analysed through descriptive statistics and covariance analysis test, and then, by SPSS statistical software. The final results of the research indicate that the cognitive-behavioural family education course compared with traditional (common) method affects the psychological well-being of parents (mothers) and girl students of the secondary programme; the probability of this effect is p < 0/05 and it is significant.

Keywords: Common family education course, behavioural-cognitive education, psychological well-being

Relationship between father’s emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction with adolescent self-esteem and mental health

2019-04-29T20:21:15+01:00

Emotional intelligence is the capacity of perception, expression, recognition, application and management of excitement of oneself and others. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence of fathers and their adolescence self-esteem and mental health. A total of 384 students and their fathers selected through cluster sampling method completed a questionnaire which consisted of the following factors such as marital satisfaction, emotional intelligence, self-esteem and mental health. The research was designed as a descriptive-correlative survey, and data were analysed. For analysing data, correlation and regression were analysed using SPSS software. Results of stepwise regression showed that 26/6 of variance of adolescence self-esteem was explained by father’s marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence and 53/9 of variance of adolescence mental health was explained by father’s marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence.

Keywords: Marital satisfaction, emotional intelligence, self-esteem, mental health.

Causes of bullying in the workplace among primary school teachers of your paper

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Workplace bullying is a subtle manifestation of disturbed relationships in the workplace and it is considered an extreme type of social stressor at work. The present study is based on research regarding bullying in the workplace, specifically involving teachers in elementary schools in the Czech Republic. The sample consisted of 13 elementary school teachers who had been exposed to regular bullying by their colleagues or senior executives for at least six months. Based on in-depth interviews and subsequent coding and categorization of statements, the main aim of the research is to analyse the factors causing bullying in the workplace. The teachers who experienced bullying in the role of victims state that the main reasons for this kind of aggressive behaviour lie in the personality of the bully, personality of the victim, mutual antipathy of the perpetrator and the victim, and in the job selection process.

Keywords: School; school climate; aggression; bullying in the workplace; causes of bullying.