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DEVELOPMENT OF A STTJDENT COT]NSELING I\IEEDS
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
Development of a Student Counseling Needs Inventory
A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Education
Holy Angel University
Angeles City
In Partial Fulfillment ofthe
Requirements forthe Degree
of
Masterof Arts in Guidance and Counseling
Janice
D*L{
November 2014
DEVtrLOPMEI{T OT'A STUDENT COT]NSELING ITEEDS
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
Development of a Student Counseling Needs Inventory
Janice Dee A. Patio
Abshact
The purpose of this study is to develop an instrument that can be used
in identifring the counseling needs of public high school students in
Pampanga, The researcher employed focus goup discussions to
generate items for the Student Counseling Needs Inventory. The initial
256 items were frirnmed down into 140 items after the content
validation. The test was administered to 700 students from different
public schools in Pampanga Data from the participants were then
arnlyzsd using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to detemrine the
number of variables and latent factors of the test. After the EFA, the
SCNI w:N trfunmed down to 48 items with four factors namely:
personal social needs, career and academic needs, selfesteem needs and
spiritual needs. The Alpha coefficient of the instrument was exemplary
at 0.90. The developed instrument will be vital in identiffing and
addressing the counseling needs of public high school students in
Pampanga The instrument will also be useful
creating a
comprehensive guidance progfitm forpublic high schools in Pampanga.
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High school is an exciting yet challenging time for students. In this stage, students
are characterized
by a need to explore a variety of interests, connecting their learning in the
classroom to its practical application
De Socio and
in life and work ('Why Mddle", 2010). According to
Hootuan (as cited in Barell, 2009),this is the stage where students will learn
howto socialize with their pe€rs and where they "achieve developmental milestones".
Furtherrnore, sfudents, during their time at school, can experience "heightened psychosocial
stess". The high school yeirs are also the period that is centered on adolescence. Hurlock
(1984) describes adolescence "as a period
adolescents are exposed to
of stress and storms". This stage is where
risky behaviors such as smoking drinking, drug use and sexual
behaviorsthat if not properly addressed could lead to their inability to finish education, lower