友人および教職員のサポートが大学適応感を媒介して大学受験のとらえ方に及ぼす影響

――入学した大学が第1志望ではなかった大学生を中心として――

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the support students who did not enter their first-choice university needed to perceive the entrance examination experience more positively. Data collected from questionnaires completed by 246 university students were analyzed. ANOVA showed that students who did not enter their first-choice university perceived the entrance examination experience more positively than those who did. Additionally, a multiple population analysis showed that emotional and informational support from friends, indirectly influenced by degree of adjustment to university, affected “continuous perception” positively and “negative attitude” negatively only for students who did not enter their first-choice university. In contrast, emotional support from friends directly influenced “negative cognition” so that it decreased for both groups of students. These results suggest that students who did not enter their first-choice university need emotional and informational support from friends to perceive the entrance examination experience more positively. In addition, these perceptions can be enhanced by assisting students in adjusting to university.