The effect of a brief training program in acquiring the basic concepts of student counseling among a sample of staff members at Qassim University

Abstract

The present study aims at finding the effect of a brief training program in acquiring the basic concepts of student counseling among a sample of staff members at Qassim University. The sample consisted of (24) staff members in Qassim University, from those who suffer from low basic concepts in student counseling. Their degrees were an indicator of the level of basic concepts in student counseling before applying the brief training program. Then they were randomly distributed in two groups: experimental group whose members received a training program for a period of (6) sessions, one session per week, and control group whose members did not receive any training. Then, post-test measurement of the experimental group and the control group was taken. Results showed a significant differences on the level of (a = 0.05) between the experimental and control groups in the level of basic concepts in student counseling (post-test) in favour of the experimental group.