An empirical study on gender differences in the perception of support during transition to university

An empirical study on gender differences in the perception of support during transition to university

• Yau, Hon Keung Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong
• Sun, Hong Yi Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong
• Cheng, Alison Lai Fong Hong Kong College of Technology

Journal of Further and Higher Education, 37(4), 443-461, 2013

Great Britain

Routledge

2013

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

Academic Adjustment Psychological Adjustment Social Adjustment

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The transition into university life is crucial to the future achievements of the students. However, the experience of the transition may be different between male and female students, but this has not been empirically investigated in previous research. The purpose of this study is to examine the gender differences in the perception of university support. This research is based on a survey of 265 students from five universities in Hong Kong. The findings show that (i) more female students perceive the university as being supportive in their academic adjustment than male students; (ii) more male than female students perceive the university as being supportive in their social adjustment; and (iii) more male than female students perceive the university as being supportive in their psychological adjustment. Finally, the implications of the study are explored and discussed.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 0309877X

• 10.1080/0309877X.2011.645460

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2014-05-29