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The study aims to explore the relationship between personality characteristics and counselling competencies of prospective counselors.

April 14, 2026JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING0 citations

Personality Characteristics as Predictors of Counselling Competencies of Prospective Counsellors in Public Universities in Edo and Delta States

EEEdith EdithUniversity of Ilorin

Key Points

The study aims to explore the relationship between personality characteristics and counselling competencies of prospective counselors.
Survey research design was utilized to collect data.
Participants included prospective counselors from public universities in Edo and Delta States.
Two research questions were formulated and one hypothesis tested at a 0.05 significance level.
Personality characteristics were found to significantly predict counselling competencies.
Results indicate relationships suggesting that certain personality traits enhance counseling skills.

Abstract

This study investigated personality characteristics as predictors of counselling competencies of prospective counsellors in public universities in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to find out if personality characteristics predicts counsellor competencies of prospective counsellor in public Universities in Edo and Delta States.Two research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Survey research design adopting

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