The Correlation between the Attitude towards Academic Advising and Self Esteem among King Abdulaziz University Student

This study aimed at finding the relationship between the attitude toward academic advising and self esteem among King Abdulaziz University students. In order to achieve this goal, the research team used a combination of two scales; one scale which they developed to measure the KAU students’ perception of academic advising services at their respective colleges, and the other is the Rosenberg’s Self Esteem scale. The research team believes that students’ perception of academic advising services could indicate their attitude towards such services. Both instruments were applied to a randomly selected sample totaling N=519 students (N=256 Males & N= 364 Females) who represented several faculties, varying GPAs and academic levels. Results indicated that students showed positively high on both areas; the Self-Esteem and the attitude toward academic advising services. The results also revealed that there are significant effects of gender and faculty type on the attitude towards academic advising while the GPA did not. The results also revealed that there are significant positive linear relationships among the constructs of the academic advising services and the Self-Esteem Scale. At the end of the report, the researchers provide the conclusion for the study and present recommendations for both research and practice in order to enhance the effectiveness of the academic advising services and self esteem among university students in Saudi Arabia in particular, in the Gulf region and in the Arab world in general.