Table 5. Association of students’ satisfaction with the received advising from their advisors.

*: significant at p < 0.05; $+: significantly higher frequency than expected by chance; $-: significantly lower frequency than expected by chance.

Variables		Overall satisfaction				All students		Statistical tests
		Unsatisfied (score <10)		Satisfied (score ≥ 10)				χ2	P-value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Do you discuss with him your future career?	Yes, usually	4	1.8$-	43	16.5 $+	50	10.0	31.602	<0.001*
	Yes, but it is not useful	9	4.1	19	7.3	29	5.8
	No	201	92.6 $+	199	76.2 $-	419	83.5
Have you ever experienced an academic problem and needed your advisor?	Yes	69	31.8 $-	126	48.3 $+	210	41.8	13.043	<0.001*
	No	147	67.7 $+	135	51.7 $-	291	58.0
If your answer is yes to the previous question, do you seek his help?	Yes	17	24.6 $-	91	74.6 $+	112	54.6	48.041	<0.001*
	I tried but could not	20	29.0	18	14.8	40	19.5
	I contacted him but he did not help me	15	21.7 $+	5	4.1 $-	21	10.2
	No, I did not contact him	17	24.6 $+	8	6.6 $-	32	15. 6
Do you seek his help in the learning process for example asking him about references?	Yes Strongly	0	0.0$-	16	6.1 $+	16	3.2	78.216	<0.001*
	Yes	15	6.9 $-	71	27.2 $+	90	17.9
	No	123	56.7	147	56.3	283	56.4
	Strongly no	76	35.0 $+	24	9.2 $-	104	20.7
Has he ever helped you in exploring academic rules or helped you in making a decision?	Yes, usually	2	0.9$-	25	9.6 $+	28	5.6	102.371	<0.001*
	Sometimes	27	12.4 $-	125	47.9 $+	159	31.7
	No	188	86.6 $+	107	41.0 $-	309	61.6
Have you ever consulted him on an academic issue?	Yes Strongly	1	0.5$-	16	6.1 $+	17	3.4	102.130	<0.001*
	Yes	29	13.4 $-	100	38.3 $+	134	26.7
	No	110	50.7	134	51.3	256	51.0
	Strongly no	76	35.0 $+	10	3.8 $-	90	17.9
Do you need more communication with him?	Strongly agree	74	34.1 $+	66	25.3 $-	146	29.1	14.841	0.002*
	Agree	91	41.9 $-	144	55.2 $+	246	49.0
	Disagree	33	15.2	46	17.6	82	16.3
	Strongly disagree	15	6.9 $+	5	1.9 $-	20	4.0