Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the difference of university life adaptation according to the group of academic achievement by conducting the university life adaptation test for freshmen. For this purpose, 1,409 freshmen from A university located in B city were tested for university life adaptation. The group was classified into high, middle, low group according to academic achievement, and the relationship between university adaptation and academic achievement by level was analyzed. The analysis procedure is as follows. First, after conducting correlation analysis, we compared the mean among groups according to university life adaptation and academic achievement level through One-Way ANOVA. Second, through the multiple regression analysis, the effects of university life adaptation on academic achievement were examined. The research results are as follows. First, there was a significant correlation between university adaptation and academic achievement. Second, university life adaptation according to academic achievement was significantly higher in the order of high, middle, low group. The high group showed a significant difference between middle and low group. But there was no difference between middle and low group. Third, the overall variables of academic, social, emotional adaptation, which are sub-variables of university life adaptation, had a significant effect on academic achievement. In particular, emotional stability, efficacy, and achievement value, which are sub-variables of academic, relational adaptation, which are sub-variables of social and emotional adaptations, were significant effects on academic achievement. Through the results of this study, it is possible to grasp the level of adaptation to university life according to the academic achievements of university freshman and utilize the results. In addition, it is expected that this study can be used to prepare effective university life adaptation and strategic learning support.

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