Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitude university students
have towards online counselling in the College of Humanities, University of
Ghana. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Simple random
sampling technique was employed to select 500 respondents from a population
of 17,815 students from the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The
study made use of primary data through the use of an adapted Online
Counselling Attitude Scales for data collection. The data collected were
analysed with the use of descriptive statistics (frequency and percentages,
means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (independent samples
t-test and one-way ANOVA). The study found that university students have
positive attitude towards online counselling. However, they have negative
attitude towards the utilisation of online counselling. Also, the attitude of
university students towards online counselling does not differ with respect to
gender and student’s academic level. Finally, university students’ attitude
towards online counselling differs with respect to age. The study
recommended that workshops be organised by university counselling centers
to heighten the utilisation of online counselling.
