چکیده:
The aim of this research was to explore several environmental psychology features among dormitory students and their relationships with sexuality, academic levels and types of dormitories. Method: The sample consists of students in different majors and academic levels living in eight different fraternities and sororities of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The instrument for gathering data was a questioner which consisted questions about their satisfaction of their present dormitories. Results: The results reveal that there is a meaningful relationship between environmental psychology features and sexuality, academic levels and types of dormitories. In summary as a conclusion, sexuality, academic levels and types of dormitories are the three main elements that must necessarily be considered in designing dormitories. These elements would be effective on a number of students’ psychological characteristics such as crowding, personal space, control and territorial behavior. Conclusion: The study also recommends ideas for further improvement of designing dormitories.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In summary, as a conclusion, gender, educational level, and the type of dormitory are among the elements that must necessarily be considered in the design of dormitories because these elements affect some of the psychological indicators of students, including the feeling of tranquility, feeling of crowding, feeling of enjoying personal privacy, feeling of opportunity and territoriality, sense of being at home, etc.
Student dormitory, environmental psychology, crowding, personal privacy 1- Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shiraz University arezooarchi@yahoo.
Table 5- Percentage of responses provided by undergraduate and graduate students regarding their level of satisfaction with their dormitory residence, in the field of environmental psychology (Refer to the page image) Based on the numbers in the significance section of Table 5, the results show that the difference in the relationship between the dimensions of feeling spiritual peace, feeling of crowding, feeling of having personal privacy, feeling of comfort, feeling of opportunity, sense of being at home, and preference for one's own dormitory over other dormitories between undergraduate and graduate students is significant.
Table 6- Percentage of responses provided by students residing in corridor-style, cluster-style, and suite-style dormitories regarding their level of satisfaction with their dormitory residence, in the field of environmental psychology (Refer to the page image) Based on the numbers in the significance section of Table 6, the results show that the difference in the relationship between the dimensions of feeling spiritual peace, feeling of crowding, feeling of comfort, feeling of opportunity, friendly space, and the tendency to keep the room door open among corridor-style, cluster-style, and suite-style dormitories is significant.
Environment and Social Behavior: Privacy, Personal Space, Territory and Crowding, translated by Ali Namazian, Shahid Beheshti University Press, Tehran, .
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