The Longitudinal Effects of Dormitory Life on Subjective Adjustment of First Year Undergraduate Students : Emotion Regulation as A Moderator

This study investigated the relationship between emotion regulation, dormitory life, and subjective adjustment of the first year undergraduate students from the viewpoint of person-environment fit. Participants were 17 dormitory students and 50 students who did not live in the dormitory. We carried out the investigation twice, that is, one month and three months after the student enrollment. Results suggested that reappraisal (reinterpretation of the event generating emotion) and suppression (inhibition of emotion expression) were the key factors responsible for increasing the subjective adjustment of dormitory student. It may be important for the first year undergraduate students to assess and improve emotion regulation skills to better adjust to dormitory life.本研究では，大学新入生の感情制御能力と寮生活が入学後の適応感に与える影響を検討することを目的とした。大学1年生の寮生17名と一般大学生50名の計67名を対象に，入学後1ヶ月と3カ月の2回にわたって調査を実施した。その結果，一般大学生において感情制御能力は適応感に影響を与えなかったものの，寮生では再評価方略と抑制方略の能力の高い対象者が適応感を向上させていた。本研究の結果から，入寮前の大学新入生を対象に感情制御能力をアセスメントし，感情制御能力の向上に焦点化した適応支援を実施することで入寮後の適応を促進できる可能性が示唆された