The Professional Counselor | Volume 12, Issue 2 153 Characteristics Frequency (n) Percentage Number of School Counselors in Academic Setting 1 137 45.2 2 81 26.7 3 32 10.6 4 13 4.3 5 5 5.0 6 3 2.7 7 4 1.3 8 3 1.0 More than 8 5 1.7 Unknown 5 1.7 Number of Students in Academic Setting 0–250 11 3.6 251–500 71 23.4 501–750 79 26.1 751–1,000 57 18.8 1,001–1,250 23 7.6 1,251–1,500 20 6.6 1,501–1,750 7 2.3 1,751–2,000 7 2.3 > 2,000 23 7.6 Number of Students Participating in Free or Reduced Lunch 0%–25% 68 22.4 26%–50% 65 21.5 51%–75% 76 25.5 76%–100% 89 29.9 Unknown 5 > 1.0 Methods Multiple correlation and regression analyses were conducted to assess factors influencing veteran school counselors’ decisions to report suspected child abuse. After obtaining IRB approval, the authors recruited school counselors in the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia). Participants were recruited using a professional school counseling association membership list, a southeastern state counseling association listserv, and social media. Participants were informed that participation in the online study was voluntary and that they could withdraw from the study at any time. Participants were also informed that the survey would take between 10–15 minutes and that the information collected in the survey would remain anonymous. Participants A total of 848 surveys were collected from participants. Veteran school counselor data was extracted from the total sample and analyzed to assess the unique experiences of these individuals in child abuse
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