A Selected Study of Women Residents' Opinions of Their Respective
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Eastern Illinois University The Keep Masters Theses Student Theses & Publications 1968 A Selected Study of Women Residents' Opinions of Their Respective Dormitory: A High-Rise and Low-Rise Dormitory at Eastern Illinois University Helen Joyce Cox Eastern Illinois University This research is a product of the graduate program in Educational Psychology and Guidance at Eastern Illinois University. Find out more about the program. Recommended Citation Cox, Helen Joyce, "A Selected Study of Women Residents' Opinions of Their Respective Dormitory: A High-Rise and Low-Rise Dormitory at Eastern Illinois University" (1968). Masters Theses. 4109. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/4109 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses & Publications at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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I respectfully request Booth Library of Eastern Illinois University not allow my thesis be reproduced because Date Author A SELECTED S'l'ODY OP WOMEN RESIDENTS' OPINIONS OPTHEIRRESPBC'l'IVE AND A LQW-RISE DORM.ITOBY:(TITLE) AHIGH-RISE A'l' DORMITORY EAS'l'BRN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BY HELEN JOYCE COX THESIS SUBMIITED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE INBPQCA'l'ION IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS 1968 YEAR I HEREBY RECOMMEND THIS THESIS BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE CITED ABOVE 6 ilp t? <6-�·:�; DATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express appreciation to the resident assistants of Andrews and Weller Halls for their cooperation in distributing and collecting the survey: to Miss Nancy Tait and Mrs. Sarah Thorburn, for their suqqestions and moral aupport1 to Dr. William Crane, for his many ideas and advice; to Dr. Paul OVerton, for his confidence in me; and to all the participants of Andrews and Weller Halls who made a success of the survey. TABL£ OP CONTENTS Chapter I. INTRODUCTION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • l II. GRO STUDY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BACK UND 3 Group Sise Atmoaph•r• Wi�hin Interpersonal Relatioaebipa Leadership and G_uidaace III. THE SURVEY ANO ITS R&SULTS • • • • • • • • • • • . 1 5 CONCLUSIONS ANt) RECOMM.!NOATIONS IV • • • • • • • • • • 44 seLECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .48 A£>P£NOlX • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 50 ii LIST OF TA8L�S Table l. Everyone ahould totally participate in •ocial activities in the dorm ••••••••••••••18 2. One ahould prefer dorm activities to floor activ1 ti ea. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .19 l. one ahould prefer floor ac:tivitLea to dorm activities •••••••••••••••••••• 20 4. The aocial act1vit1ea of your dorm should be Dlade more adequate in quality ••••••••••21 s. The aocial activitiea of your dor• should be e •••••••••• made llOr• ad quate in quantity 22 6. A better social pr09raa o� another dorm •hould be •dapted for your own dorm •••••••••••23 7. Your present residence hall should be Gl&de your permanent college quartera ••••••••••••24 8. The atmosphere of your dorm should be changed • • .25 , 9. Dorm fac1lit1ea, number of acquai ntances or dor� .should be son ••• size a rea for dorm preference 26 e 10. Your dorm should make residents A>Ore indep ndent ••27 The attitude of the in your dorm should 11. majority be improved •••••••••••••••••••28 12. The ai&e of your dorm should affect the �eneral attitude within your dorm ••••••••••••29 30 13. One should help individuals lltithin your dorm •••• 14. One should knollt a number of individuals before she moves into a dorm ••••••••••••••31 15. One should be acquainted with all individuals on her floor •••••••••••••••••••32 16. One should be acquainted with all individuals in her dorm •••••••••••••••••••33 17. one should constantly talk to another resident in preference to her f ..omma.te ••••••••••34 iii 18. An individual's problems should be referred to someone other than a resident assistant ••• ••35 19. An individual should acquaint herself with in dividuals who have personalities which contrast with her ow n • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 36 20. An individual should have only acquaintances with personalities very similar to her own ••• 37 21. The number of acquaintances should raake one more secure •••• ••• ••••••••••• ls 22. Individual• should take the initiative in makinca new comers welcome in your dorm •••••• •••• 39 23. Only uppercla•amen should assume leadership within your dorm •••••••••••••••• 40 24. An individual'• problems should be referEed to so=eone other than a dorm counselor within your dorm. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••41 25. An individual •hould not extend her social c:ircle beyond her dorm. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .42 iv CHAPTER I INTROOUCTIOft the past ftve years, from at Eastern For 1962 to 1968, Illinois he campus has experienced the e d of Un1vers1ty, t tr n Involved fn ro th was the the tiNes--raptd growth. this g w creation of high rise residence ha11s--tbe later ones being ntne stories htgh. The do�s already hete on campus were th� two-story ones com•on to the 1950's. Other buildings were added, but most obvious of uct e ·were the tall the str ur s dor•s at tbe south end of the campvs. Thf s eontrlst in residence hall building presented the of whether there r any dtstinct differences idea actually we e of f a e sm1ll et 111 betwe�n the attitudes e• l occupants of a dorm r dorm� and the fem1le occ�pant� of a la ge Tbts tdea, however, only created another idea and that was he her w t a �eas�rement of the occ a t of n la�g• 1tt;tudas of up n s a small a d dorm was actually a ible . only to test this was to fe s The way first study of some of the re eh had been d�ne make a s�ar that area. nd c concer�1ng in this Seco an attitude surv!y four areas of reiidance hall i e , atmosphere within. 11ving--group s z interpersonal relations, leadership and gu1dance�"was then constructed. This attitude survey was then distributed in two res1dence and then female halls collected� Rank correlations 1 2 were t� compar1sens between he response� of the used mcke t classes the two and bet�aen total respc�s�s of of hal1� the two o the respon\GS revealed 1ncon the h!lls. If so•t f any residence h511 11vin9, recommendation! !i!tenc�e� 1n �ere made 1cccrd,n91y� the poss1b�11ty of �bt1)ning As the �tudy progresscdo results elusive at t1mcs. Any result• �ny s1gn�ficant s�e�ed �&re relat1va tG the ulatio and could l time cf ta b n on y bP. r�lattve future tiDe. However. no m tt if any for a er r�sult$ of this survey wtre or were n�t s1gnif1cant� the fact can nnt disputed that the results were �f int s t th�mn�lve5 be ere in they w�re representati�Q characteristics the as of life-blo�d univers�ty··-her students��some of the fe populat1cn. 3f any .. ale that 1$. CHAPTER II BACKGROUND STUDY It shortly shall be seen that the research 1n this area residence hall o erat on nearly negligtble. The best ef p i is that can be done 1s aerely to include some of the opinion and a 1a 1 1 . In •any some of tht res•areh that is va 1 b cases a number ou c • fdeas s1�11ar so of the s r es are the idea is stated once and has one footnote number but a number of sources listed �"der th•t number. The body of the background study 11 d1v1ded i�to four general su ect areas that are fn correlation with bj e s v . e s the ar 1s on the ur ey The subject areas are not nec s ari ly tn order nor 1r� they positively labeled as such in the attf- tude survey. Encompassing many areas of untver1ity actfv1t1es, these four 9eneral subject areas fn residence living n1ntro duce students into a truly co11eg1ate way of life.•1 The ftrst that 1s discussed is the group size wtthtn a residence I-ta11 • �.rq_�Q S 11!. The aost important and most 1nte111gent housing propc�•l� unatural� In the last few years have b�en thost deter111n1ng the 1Kate Hevner Mueller. Student Personnel Wor� in HiJin_�_t �duc��t1on (Caft'.br1dge. "1ass.; The Rfvers1de Press. 173. 196�T, p. 3 4 e and soci1l grouping �h1ch I nc l ud siz� compostt1on �tthtn�2 Th1s�atura1° for M a s•a11 •any ad•intstrators e nt group sties facilities promoted by smaller w1thtn a hall would eventually R1ker added that creata larget groups. Haro1d c. �thf$ group potent shaptng and att1- ts a force in � student'� th�ught todes��a o n than fcrc� fte greater th•t exerted earli!r by h1s The m n fa�11y�3 small group was what Riter had 1n t d . How@v�r, �the should size of the re�1dentG hall P'Polat1oa not always e 91th�ringi.�4 det r�1 ne the size of social Most housing I agree should �ff1e1als would that the group be small enough so a& to ¢nable an 1nd1v1dua 1.to know the others.5 �olJ.!1!...ilJ!�!tls 2ttarold c., Riker.