Are there any gender differences in the perception of university support during the transition period to higher education?

Are there any gender differences in the perception of university support during the transition period to higher education?

• Yau, Hon Keung City University of Hong Kong
• Cheng, Alison Lai Fong Hong Kong College of Technology

Tertiary Education and Management, 18(4), 309-320, 2012

Routledge

2012

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AJ Sexual Difference, Bisexual Educational Difference, Sexism in Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• N Students & Student Services
  • NH Guidance, Counselling & School Social Work

Student Experience Student Adjustment University Students Social Adjustment Sex Differences

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The purpose of this study is to determine if there are gender differences in the perception of university support. The study is based on a survey of 368 students in a Hong Kong university. The findings of the study are threefold. First, female students perceive the university as being more supportive in their academic adjustment than do male students (t = 2.401, p < 0.05).
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