Exploring the Antecedents of Iranian College Students’ Residential Satisfaction using Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

By living far away from the family, college students lose social support from their families, and therefore, they may feel loneliness, and lack of attachment to the new environment. The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors affecting residential satisfaction (RS) of students living in dormitories. A survey was developed and distributed to 850 students of the dormitory of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran. After the data had been cleaned, the statistical analyses were conducted on 622 residents of the dormitory. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were utilized to capture the complex relationships among related constructs. The results revealed that the main factors that influenced RS were social relations and nature relatedness. The results confirmed the positive and significant effect of controllability and security on RS.

A review of housing articles in FCSRJ: 2008–2022

“…Questions in their survey focused on five constructs: nature relatedness, hygiene and health services, controllability and security, social relations, and equipment and installations. Nazarpour and Norouzian‐Maleki (2021) found that social relations and nature relatedness had the greatest influence on residential satisfaction for these Iranian students.…”

“…Nazarpour and Norouzian‐Maleki (2021) collected data from 850 students in one dormitory in Tehran, Iran. Questions in their survey focused on five constructs: nature relatedness, hygiene and health services, controllability and security, social relations, and equipment and installations.…”

Housing Satisfaction Among International Students in Hong Kong

“…The housing satisfaction of students is an essential theme in housing studies. However, several global studies on the housing satisfaction of students focus on on-campus accommodation (see Adewunmi et al, 2011;Amole, 2009;Najib et al, 2011;Nazarpour & Norouzian-Maleki, 2021;Oke et al, 2017;Sawyerr & Yusof, 2013;Xu et al, 2020), with only a few focusing on satisfaction in off-campus student housing (Zasina & Antczak, 2021). Yet, since it has been established that on-campus accommodation facilities are limited, offcampus housing seems to be the principal accommodation source for students (Chang, 2017;Chang, 2018).…”