Estimation of economic value of counselling services in education field

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26780402
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Wako University
Principal Investigator	Sueki Hajime 和光大学, 現代人間学部, 准教授 (80637439)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	メンタルヘルス / カウンセリング / 心理療法 / 金銭・経済的価値
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this research, we conducted a survey to clarify the economic value of counseling services in education field. First, we estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for the use of the school counseling system at a junior high school. Study participants indicated a median WTP JPY 1,332 per year for counselling services. The present use of counselling services and having children were significantly associated with WTP. Second, we studied the validity of the tool to measure the WTP for student counselling at a university. Reliability to the effectiveness of counseling showed statistically significant association with WTP for student counseling.