著者

本岡 寛子 植田 恵未 大対 香奈子 堀田 美保 直井 愛里

出版者

近畿大学総合社会学部

雑誌

近畿大学総合社会学部紀要 = Applied Sociology Research Review KINDAI UNIVERSITY (ISSN:21866260)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.1, pp.1-11, 2019-09-30

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[Abstract]In recent years, while the number of students entering to universities has continuously increased, 20 to 30% of those have dropped out before graduation (Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, 2014). Unwilling admission tends to cause maladaptation to university life. Nevertheless, some of those with unwillingness seem to improve their expectations and images about their own universities, leading to complete their courses and feeling high satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in the students, concerning their images and expectations about their universities, their group identity, and their adaptation levels to university life, and to clarify the relationships among these factors. We conducted a series of survey for the first-year students at three times during their first semester. Results shows that the students with high willingness to enter the university were likely to have positive images and high expectations about their university, and to show high group identity and good adaptation to university life. By the end of the semester, their enlarged social network had strong influences on their adaptations to university life through their attachment to the other university members.