Self-Concept and Identification of Students Needing a Counseling Center

Abstract

This study discriminated between students who used a university counseling center and those who did not on the basis of several simple measures. Highly neurotic subjects, those who acknowledged problems freely, and subjects with low self-concepts were more likely to use the counseling center. Canonical function predicted use of a counseling center for a second group of students. Such information may be used to plan preventive counseling early for those with potential problems.