Abstract
The present article reports further analysis of the data in Sato (2001). In that study, factor analysis of reasons students gave for selecting a music school revealed 3 factors that may have raised the probability of their feeling of adaptation to college: “use of one's ability,” “perspective on the future,” and “musical identity.” The data had been obtained from 529 female second-year students at a music school. Using the results of the earlier study, a covariance structure model was created. The following factors that may have affected the reasons the students gave were examined: their experience with music prior to entering college, their family's support of their entrance to music school, and the music environment in their home. Family support of their entrance to music school had the most direct influence on the 3 factors. Influence from their experience with music prior to entering college was small, but there were some different influences in relation to the students' specialties. The analysis also suggested that the music environment in their homes had an indirect effect through its influence on family support of entrance to music school.
