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ERIC Number: EJ795792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1542-3077
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Residence Hall Climate: Predicting First-Year Students' Adjustments to College
Kaya, Naz
Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, v16 n1 p101-118 2004
This study investigated the relationship between residence hall climate and students' adjustment to their collegiate environment. The questionnaire was administered via the web to first-year students living in coeducational residence halls at a public university in the southeastern United States. The residence hall climate was examined in two major categories: social climate and physical climate. The adjustment measures included overall, academic, social, personal-emotional adjustment, and institutional attachment. The results revealed that group cohesiveness in residence halls was significantly related to students' college adjustment. In addition, high degrees of personalization in a residence hall room and less disruption by noise were significantly related to students' attachment to their institutions. Practical applications of these findings are discussed and future research areas are identified. (Contains 4 tables.)
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. University of South Carolina, 1728 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208. Tel: 803-777-6229; Fax: 803-777-4699; e-mail: fye@sc.edu; Web site: http://www.sc.edu/fye/publications/index.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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