Engelsk titel: Students' satisfaction with their university accommodation
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Författare:
Mogenet, Jean-Luc
;
Rioux, Liliane
Email: jlmogen@club-internet.fr
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 53
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15011220
Sammanfattning
There has been little research on students’ satisfaction with the spaces making up their
university accommodation. Our study takes a systemic perspective whereby the university
accommodation can only be seen within a broader environment, namely the neighbourhood, to
(a) compare students’ satisfaction with their university accommodation according to its location
(town centre, out-of-town campus), and (b) identify the socio-demographic, residential and
personal variables, which could predict this residential satisfaction. A questionnaire was
completed by 124 students living in France, identifying their satisfaction with various spaces
making up their accommodation, together with the "Interpersonal relationships" sub-scale of
the French version of the university residence environment scale (Moos, 1988). The results show
that the reasons for satisfaction (vs non-satisfaction) differ according to the location of the
accommodation and that satisfaction with communal areas is a highly significant predictor of
satisfaction with both types of accommodation, thus confirming that students look for a place
to live which provides opportunities for social interaction, and not just a roof over their heads.