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 4 Comparisons of the three counseling channels with regard to different counseling problems

	Comparison		Mean differences	SE	p value	95% confidence interval
	Channel (I)	Channel (J)	(I-J)	SE	p value	Lower	Upper
Life transition	Traditional	Internet	1.18*	0.08	.000	0.98	1.38
	Traditional	SL	1.47*	0.08	.000	1.27	1.67
	Internet	SL	0.29*	0.08	.000	0.08	0.49
Relationship issues	Traditional	Internet	0.14	0.08	.38	− 0.07	0.34
	Traditional	SL	0.37*	0.08	.000	0.17	0.58
	Internet	SL	0.24*	0.08	.002	0.04	0.44
Academic problems	Traditional	Internet	1.02*	0.08	.000	0.81	1.22
	Traditional	SL	1.43*	0.08	.000	1.22	1.63
	Internet	SL	0.41*	0.08	.000	0.21	0.61
Interpersonal communication	Traditional	Internet	0.54*	0.08	.000	0.34	0.74
	Traditional	SL	0.67*	0.08	.000	0.46	0.87
	Internet	SL	0.13	0.08	.10	− 0.07	0.33
Economic hardship	Traditional	Internet	0.27*	0.08	.007	0.07	0.48
	Traditional	SL	0.73*	0.08	.000	0.53	0.93
	Internet	SL	0.46*	0.08	.000	0.26	0.66
Family conflict	Traditional	Internet	0.55*	0.08	.000	0.34	0.75
	Traditional	SL	0.79*	0.08	.000	0.59	0.99
	Internet	SL	0.25*	0.08	.000	0.04	0.45
Gender identity	Traditional	Internet	− 0.28*	0.08	.003	− 0.46	− 0.10
	Traditional	SL	− 0.17	0.08	.17	− 0.34	0.01
	Internet	SL	0.12	0.08	.33	− 0.06	0.29