Adjusting to university: The Hong Kong experience

Adjusting to university: The Hong Kong experience

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

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 34(1), 15-27, 2012

Routledge

2012

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AC Socialization, Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity, Affective, Emotional, Psycho-social & Moral Development

Academic Adjustment Emotional Adjustment Student Adjustment Social Adjustment Secondary Postsecondary Transition University Students

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Students' adjustment to the university environment is an important factor in predicting university outcomes and is crucial to their future achievements. University support to students' transition to university life can be divided into three dimensions: academic adjustment, social adjustment and psychological adjustment. However, these relationships have not been studied simultaneously in previous studies. The purpose of this study is to examine the students' perception on the relationships between two of the three dimensions. The study is based on a survey of 265 students from five Hong Kong universities. The findings show that students perceive that: social adjustment has a positive impact on academic adjustment; psychological adjustment has a positive impact on academic adjustment; and social adjustment has a positive impact on psychological adjustment. The implications are explored and discussed.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 1360080X

• 10.1080/1360080X.2012.642328

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2014-01-18