Satisfaction In a Dormitory Building

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Satisfaction In a Dormitory Building

• Naz Kaya Feyzan Erkip

Presented by Denise Bujak, Ken Brown, Jennifer
Piasecki, Joe Mauro, Haiyan Liu, and Lindsey
Wilson
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Crowding

• Altman (1975) proposed that crowding occurs when
  an individual has more social contact than is
  desired.

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Hypotheses

• Residents of the highest floor perceive the rooms
  as larger than residents of the lowest floor.
• Perception of the room size influences the
  feeling of crowding and attained privacy.
• Residents of the highest floor feel less crowded
  in their rooms than residents of the lowest floor.

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Hypotheses (Cont.)

• Floor level influences overall satisfaction with
  the room.
• There is a sex difference in the perception of
  room size and the feeling of being crowded.

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Participants
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Breakdown of Participants
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Family Size of Participants
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Perception of Room Size by Students.
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Results Are Important!

• They provide further empirical support for the
  effects of the floor height on spatial
  perceptions and crowding in a dormitory building
  as a residential setting.
• It points out the relationship between the
  perception of room size and the feeling of
  privacy in a room.

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Questionnaire For Students.

• How long have you been in your room?
• How long have you been staying with your roommate
• How many people shared your bedroom at home?
• What is your family size?
• Are you satisfied with
• Your room? Why?

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Questionnaire (Cont.)

• How do you find the size of your room?
• How do you find the privacy level in your room?
• How often do you encounter strangers on the floor
  level where your room is located?
• Do you get along with your room mate?

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Questionnaire (Cont.)

• How often do other people visit your room?
• Do you get annoyed with the presence of others
  when they visit your room? Why?

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Social and Physical Factors Affect Spatial
Perceptions and the Feeling of Being Crowded

• Relationships
• Activities
• Frequency of encountering strangers
• Sharing of rooms
• Personal Characterisitics

• Room size
• Characteristics of design
• Intensity of daylight
• Window view
• Floor height

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Privacy

• Westin (1970) defined privacy as the ability to
  determine the information about oneself that is
  communicated to others.

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Westins 4 Basic Types of Privacy.

• Solitude
• Intimacy
• Anonymity
• Reserve

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Reference Page
Title Satisfaction In A Dormitory
Building. Subjects Dormitories Floors Rooms
Satisfaction Source Environment and Behavior.
Jan 2001. Vol. 30 Issue 1 Page 35.
Authors Naz
Kaya Feyzan Erkip Abstract Provides
information on a study which examined the effects
of floor height on the perception of room size
and crowding as an important aspect of
satisfaction with a dormitory building.