“…Friends or relatives were preferred as help sources for problems of beliefs, values, life changes, and career choice (Cook et al, 1984). For educationalvocational or career problems, college students ranked, as a help source, a faculty advisor first, a faculty member second, and a student friend third (Christensen and Magoon, 1974); for career problems, students were more likely to seek help from an academic advisor, instructor, close friend, or close relative (Tinsley, de St. Aubin and Brown, 1982). International students spending their first semester as freshmen in the USA tended to prefer faculty members and counselors more than friends as help sources for all kinds of problems (Leong and Sedlacek, 1986).…”