The Types and Occurrence of Psychosocial Problems of Distance Education (DE) Students: A Study of a University in Ghana
研究了加纳一所大学远程教育学生心理社会问题的类型与发生情况，发现主要问题包括模块、辅导、学业、行政和社会经济方面，67.9%的学生报告中等程度问题，27.9%报告严重问题。
This study is aimed at finding out the occurrence and types of psychosocial problems of DE students in a university in Ghana. The d ata was collected from 190 DE students drawn from all seven centres of the selected university through a self-designed questionnaire. ANOVA, t test and regression were used to analyse the results. The results indicated that the main types of psychosocial problems reported by the students included problems of the modules, ineffective tutorials, academic, administrative and socio-economic problems. 67.9% of the students reported moderate levels, whilst 27.9% reported severe levels of psychosocial problems. There were no differences in the level of psychosocial problems in the students with regards to gender, age and centre. Level 400 students reported the highest level of psychosocial problems, followed by levels 300 and 100, with level 200 reporting the least. The predictors of psychosocial problems account for 98% of the total psychosocial problems encountered by the students. It was recommended that the authorities of the university should open counselling units in all the centres and provide the needed teaching and learning materials on a timely basis. Keywords : Distance Education, Psychosocial Problems