Evaluation of factors affecting female students’ satisfaction in residential dormitories

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to determine factors affecting the
quality of dormitory physical environment. Methods: The research method
was correlational and the statistical population consisted of all female
students living in dormitories (N=1648). The sample size was based on
Kline’s (2015) recommendation of 2.5–5 cases per parameter. Since there
were 29 parameters in the present study, a sample size of 150 was deemed
suitable. This cross-sectional study was conducted using 172 female students
residing in the women’s dormitory of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
from October to December 2018. Bachelor, Master and PhD students were
selected using cluster sampling. Respondents were selected from 24 different
disciplines and from faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural
Sciences and Engineering. Students’ residential satisfaction questionnaire
was completed by all participants. Students responded to each item of the
questionnaire by using a Likert scale. 150 questionnaires were included in the
final analysis after excluding 22 questionnaires with missing data. In order to
process information and put items of the questionnaire into categories,
exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used and five major factors for
residential satisfaction in dormitories were extracted according to students’
opinions. Results: Results showed that there was a significant positive
relationship between residential satisfaction and physical criteria of interior
space and function (r=0.361, P=0.01), management and health services
(r=0.475, P=0.01), aesthetics and natural lighting (r=0.498, P=0.01), security
and social relationships (r=0.141, P=0.05) and relationship with nature
(r=0.225, P=0.01). Conclusion: Based on the findings, we conclude that the
evaluation of effective factors on satisfaction in dormitory space may be
useful in the designers’ decision to improve the quality of student housing.
As a consequence, the conversion of these qualitative criteria into
architectural design suggestions is needed to reduce the present problems of
students’ dormitories.

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