Comparison between Two Universities of Discomfort with Campus Life of Freshman Physical Therapy Students

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to objectively clarify the features of discomfort with campus life of freshman physical therapy students by comparing students of two universities. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 88 students of A university and 98 students of B university who had entered university in 2015. Concerning the average scholarship on admission, based on the standard deviation for success, A was slightly inferior to B. Using the College Life Anxiety Scale (CLAS), feelings of maladjustment to college, anxiety with campus life, and anxiety about assessment were investigated about 2 months after admission.[Results] The students of A university had significantly high scores of anxiety with campus life and anxiety about assessment. However, there were no significant differences between the two universities in maladjustment to college, which has been reported to be largely related to dropping out of university. [Conclusion] This study had certain fundamental limitations, e.g. the small number of subjects from only two universities. However, it clarified that the maladjustment to college which freshman students felt soon after admission had no significant relationship with scholarship on admission, and was consistent with that of freshmen soon after admission.