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心理支援専門職とその関連組織に対する大学生の意識―29―JournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.23（2023）PerceptionsofClinicalPsychologistsamongUndergraduateStudents：AnAnalysisofStudents'ViewsonAcademicAssociations'WebsitesMORITAMiyako＊1＊1DesignatedProfessor,DepartmentofPsychology,CollegeofHumanities,ChubuUniversityAbstractWhataretheperceptionsofuniversitystudentsregardingprofessionsinmentalhealth?Toinvestigatethisquestion,theauthorconductedasurveywithundergraduatestudentsintheirfirstandthirdyearofstudyin2020and2021.Participantswereaskedtoexploreoneormorewebsitesfromaselectionofeightwebsitesbelongingtoorganizationsrelatedtomentalhealthprofessions.TheseincludedprofessionalbodiesforCertifiedPublicPsychologistsandCertifiedClinicalPsychologists,associationsofeducationalinstitutionsthattrainpsychologists,relatedacademicassociations,andothers.Atotalof276responsestotheopen-endedquestionwerecollectedoverthecourseoftwoyears.Theseresponsesweredividedintothreebroadercategoriesofcontent:theaestheticsofthewebsite,theactivitiescarriedoutbytheassociations,andtherolesplayedbymentalhealthprofessionals.Thefindingsshowthatundergraduatestudentsgenerallyperceivethewebsitesasbeingbotheasytonavigateandaestheticallypleasing.Respondentsalsonotedthatobtainingcertificationisachallengingtask.However,theyacknowledgethediversityofprofessionalcareerswithinthementalhealthsectorandtheirimportanceintoday'ssociety.KeywordsUniversitystudent,Clinicalpsychologist,web-site