Current issues and counselors' professional development of university counseling centers in the East Asian countries

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K04464
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: ITO NAOKI 明治大学, 文学部, 専任教授 (50327087)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 学生相談 / 東アジア / 専門性養成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The first study compared the information provided on university counseling center websites in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong-Kong, and Taipei to elucidate the differences of information provided by them. Results indicated that the Tokyo-based websites generally offered considerably less information than the other websites. Moreover, the trends of the information offered by the centers across the four cities were remarkably different.
The second study aimed to elucidate the present features of university counseling centers and the educational systems for professional development of university counselors in Soul, Beijing, Hong-Kong, Taipei. The results of interview researches indicated that university counseling of each city was affected by the cultural background and the policy for university counseling of each country and no university had the educational systems for the professional development of university counselors.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本における学生相談については，これまで欧米の学生相談をモデルとしながら発展を遂げてきた。このため，従来は，欧米との比較により日本の学生相談を検討する研究が大半であり，東アジア諸国との比較を広く行った研究は見られなかった。
本研究では，この点に着目し，東アジア諸国との比較から，日本における学生相談の状況を相対化してとらえることを目的として行われた。その結果，東アジア諸国においても，学生相談が非常に発展している状況にあり，今後，学生相談領域における東アジア諸国と日本との学術的な交流により，日本の学生相談がさらに発展する可能性が示された。