Journal of Advances in Education Research

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DOI: 10.22606/jaer.2018.34001

• Wen Lan^*
  South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
• Yang Shaogang
  South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
• Deng Yanhong
  South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

College counselors are important key members for ideological and political work in China. The quality of college counselors will directly affect the development of college students in all aspects. Most predecessors only conduct theoretical analysis on counselors’ quality, which lacks the support of empirical research. Based on literature analysis and interviews, we took 880 Chinese college teachers and students as research objects, verified the reliability and validity of data, then conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), explored the structure of college counselors' personal quality. The results show that: (1) This test has strong reliability and validity. Cronbach’s α coefficient in the total test and composite reliability (CR) are all above 0.8；all factor loadings and AVE values are above 0.5. (2) The structure of Chinese college counselors’ personal qualities is a 3-factor model: ability, attitude and discipline. The cumulative variance contribution rate of these three factors reached 63.68%. (3) The 3-factor model fitting indexes of CFA are all good. Conclusion: A 3-factor model of personal qualities, which include ability, attitude, discipline, is obtained in this research. These three factors are highly consistent with the requirements for counselors regulated in Order 43 of The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Provisions on the Construction of Counselors in Regular Institutions of Higher Education, which require them to have “strong politics, excellent business, strict discipline and positive work style”. This study has very important practical significance.

College counselor; personal quality; China

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