2018 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 1-13
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the freshman orientation camp (FC) as first year experience on college adjustment focusing on social provision (SP) for two years. The waiting-list control design, which is one of quasi-experimental designs, was used in this study in order to examine the effect, since all freshman students participated in the 4-day FC as a requirement class right after the college entrance ceremony. The difference between the two groups at the end of the first FC, before the second FC, was interpreted as the effect of FC. Campus-focused SP was asked four times; before FC, after FC, six months later, and two years later. College adjustment (CA) was asked at the six month and two years after the FC. The results revealed that students’ SP significantly increased through the FC and its increase has maintained over two years. As for the relationship between SP and CA, the significantly positive relationships were found at the six months and two years after the FC. However, based on the result of the multiple regression analysis, it was found out that SP was not the significant indicator for CA two years after the FC, while it was most significant indicator at the six months after the FC. It suggests that the FC was successful as the first year experience to facilitate students’ transferring to college life, but more diverse support became more necessary for college adjustment for students as grades become higher, for example support for academic records and health condition.
