Table 3 Descriptive statistics of respondents’ preference for the three counseling channels with regard to seven counseling problems
Counseling problems | Counseling channels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional (N = 312) | Internet (N = 312) | SL (N = 312) | ||||
M (SD) | % | M (SD) | % | M (SD) | % | |
Life transition | 1.71 (0.61) | 79.49 | 0.53 (0.73) | 14.10 | 0.25 (0.52) | 4.17 |
Relationship issues | 1.02 (0.92) | 42.95 | 0.88 (0.86) | 31.09 | 0.64 (0.83) | 22.76 |
Academic problems | 1.65 (0.68) | 76.28 | 0.63 (0.78) | 18.27 | 0.22 (0.48) | 2.56 |
Interpersonal communication | 1.26 (0.9) | 56.73 | 0.72 (0.79) | 21.15 | 0.59 (0.79) | 18.91 |
Economic hardship | 1.17 (0.9) | 50.96 | 0.9 (0.88) | 33.65 | 0.44 (0.7) | 12.18 |
Family conflict | 1.28 (0.89) | 57.69 | 0.74 (0.83) | 24.04 | 0.49 (0.75) | 15.38 |
Gender identity issues | 0.7 (0.88) | 27.88 | 0.98 (0.86) | 35.90 | 0.87 (0.88) | 33.01 |