Date of Award
2022
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Honors Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Committee Member
Paul Harris
Committee Member
John Houston and Matthew Forsythe
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between privacy regulation, privacy experiences, group functioning, and residential satisfaction in an apartment-style college dormitory. The participants, 122 undergraduate students living in on-campus apartments, completed an online survey about their residential experiences. Major findings included significant positive correlations between ease of getting together with roommates, positive privacy experiences, and having more functional group interactions with roommates. There were also relationships between ease of getting away from roommates, negative privacy experiences, and group dysfunction. Finally, there were significant correlations between ease of controlling privacy, positive privacy experiences, group functioning, and residential satisfaction. These findings, and research in this area, may help increase understanding of privacy processes and may help colleges and university enhance student residential life.
Recommended Citation
Picerno, Rebekah, "Privacy, Group Functioning, and Residential Satisfaction in a College Dormitory" (2022). Honors Program Theses. 169.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/honors/169
Rights Holder
Rebekah Picerno