The potential of Second Life for university counseling: a comparative approach examining media features and counseling problems

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

Table 2 Comparisons of the three counseling channels with regard to media features

	Comparison		Mean differences (I-J)	SE	p value	95% confidence interval
	Channel (I)	Channel (J)	Mean differences (I-J)	SE	p value	Lower	Upper
Anonymity	Traditional	Internet	− 3.69*	.16	.000	− 4.25	− 3.13
	Traditional	SL	− 3.86*	.16	.000	− 4.45	− 3.30
	Internet	SL	− 0.17	.16	.557	− 0.73	0.39
Choice of appearance	Traditional	Internet	1.91*	.20	.000	1.21	2.61
	Traditional	SL	− 1.41*	.20	.000	− 2.10	− 0.71
	Internet	SL	− 3.32*	.20	.000	− 4.01	− 2.62
Choice of counselors	Traditional	Internet	0.11	.17	.808	− 0.50	0.73
	Traditional	SL	− 1.69*	.17	.000	− 2.30	− 1.07
	Internet	SL	− 1.80*	.17	.000	− 2.42	− 1.19
Interactivity	Traditional	Internet	5.17*	.14	.000	4.68	5.65
	Traditional	SL	2.95*	.14	.000	2.46	3.44
	Internet	SL	− 2.22*	.14	.000	− 2.70	− 1.73
Convenience in time	Traditional	Internet	− 3.01*	.14	.000	− 3.49	− 2.53
	Traditional	SL	− 3.10*	.14	.000	− 3.58	− 2.61
	Internet	SL	− 0.08	.14	.826	− 0.57	.40
Convenience in place	Traditional	Internet	− 3.07*	.14	.000	− 3.57	− 2.57
	Traditional	SL	− 3.49*	.14	.000	−3.99	−2.99
	Internet	SL	− 0.42	.14	.011	− 0.92	.078
Privacy of counseling site	Traditional	Internet	− 1.02*	.16	.000	− 1.59	− 4.53
	Traditional	SL	− 1.56*	.16	.000	− 2.13	− 1.00
	Internet	SL	− .54	.16	.003	− 1.11	.02
Diversity of counseling sites	Traditional	Internet	− 0.94*	.16	.000	− 1.50	− 0.38
	Traditional	SL	− 3.13*	.16	.000	− 3.69	− 2.56
	Internet	SL	− 2.19*	.16	.000	− 2.75	− 1.63
Availability of counseling objects	Traditional	Internet	2.01*	.18	.000	1.38	2.63
	Traditional	SL	− 0.69*	.18	.001	− 1.31	0-.06
	Internet	SL	− 2.69*	.18	.000	− 3.32	− 2.06