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Differences in Communication Ability and Adaptation to College Life according to General Characteristics
| Characteristic | Category | n (%) | Communication ability | Adaptation to college life | |||||
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| Mean±standard deviation | p-value | Scheffe | Mean±standard deviation | p-value | Scheffe | ||||
| Age (y) | 20a | 151 (43.0) | 3.76±0.411 | 0.365 | n/a | 3.27±0.588 | 0.011 | b>d | |
| 21b | 76 (21.7) | 3.79±0.363 | 3.49±0.585 | ||||||
| 22c | 71 (20.2) | 3.71±0.449 | 3.25±0.540 | ||||||
| 23≤d | 53 (15.1) | 3.67±0.356 | 3.17±0.653 | ||||||
| Sex | Male | 5 (1.4) | 3.67±0.089 | 0.134 | 3.30±0.691 | 0.990 | |||
| Female | 346 (98.6) | 3.74±0.404 | 3.30±0.595 | ||||||
| Grade | 1a | 186 (53.0) | 3.76±0.406 | 0.689 | n/a | 3.27±0.601 | 0.031 | b>c | |
| 2b | 83 (23.6) | 3.72±0.364 | 3.44±0.557 | ||||||
| 3c | 82 (23.4) | 3.72±0.429 | 3.21±0.602 | ||||||
| Religion | Yes | 103 (29.3) | 3.78±0.438 | 0.209 | 3.37±0.621 | 0.147 | |||
| No | 248 (70.7) | 3.73±0.385 | 3.27±0.583 | ||||||
| Economic level | Topa | 27 (7.7) | 3.92±0.399 | 0.012 | a>c | 3.50±0.686 | <0.001 | a,b>c | |
| Middleb | 276 (78.6) | 3.74±0.395 | 3.33±0.578 | ||||||
| Bottomc | 48 (13.7) | 3.64±0.413 | 3.00±0.551 | ||||||
| Residence | Seoula | 46 (13.1) | 3.66±0.415 | 0.392 | n/a | 3.24±0.559 | 0.448 | n/a | |
| Incheon, Gyeonggib | 252 (71.8) | 3.75±0.399 | 3.29±0.613 | ||||||
| Chungcheongc | 41 (11.7) | 3.78±0.389 | 3.36±0.552 | ||||||
| Otherd | 12 (3.4) | 3.82±0.447 | 3.52±0.493 | ||||||
| Major satisfaction | Very unsatisfieda | 3 (0.9) | 3.88±0.276 | <0.001 | n/a | 3.03±0.425 | <0.001 | b<e | |
| Dissatisfactionb | 7 (2.0) | 3.98±0.405 | 2.77±0.643 | ||||||
| Usuallyc | 128 (36.5) | 3.57±0.389 | 3.01±0.489 | ||||||
| Satisfactiond | 164 (46.7) | 3.81±0.376 | 3.42±0.556 | ||||||
| Very satisfactione | 49 (14.0) | 3.92±0.370 | 3.74±0.568 | ||||||
| College life satisfaction | Very unsatisfieda | 9 (2.6) | 3.89±0.437 | <0.001 | n/a | 2.71±0.521 | <0.001 | a<c<d<e | |
| Dissatisfactionb | 41 (11.7) | 3.65±0.460 | 2.78±0.519 | ||||||
| Usuallyc | 160 (45.6) | 3.64±0.374 | 3.18±0.452 | ||||||
| Satisfactiond | 115 (32.8) | 3.85±0.377 | 3.53±0.572 | ||||||
| Very satisfactione | 26 (7.4) | 3.94±0.377 | 4.01±0.450 | ||||||
n/a: not available.
a∼dData was analysed by t-test and one-way ANOVA statistics.