Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to better clarify the features of campus life anxiety among first-year physical therapy students, which was previously revealed as one of causes of retirement from university soon after admission, by comparing them with those of students of a non-medical department. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 88 students of physical therapy and 109 students of a non-medical department who entered college in 2015. The College Life Anxiety Scale (CLAS) was performed 2 months after admission and and each item was compared using χ2 analysis. [Results] Regarding the three factors of CLAS (anxiety about daily living, anxiety about assessment, and feelings of maladjustment to college), the students of physical therapy significantly often answered “no” concerning feelings of maladjustment to college. [Conclusion] This study revealed that students of physical therapy did not have feelings of maladjustment to university early after admission, and we presume this is because they have a distinct purpose in life after graduation.
