College Living: Issues Related to Housecleaning Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Ogletree, Shirley M.; Turner, G. Marc; Vieira, Ana; Brunotte, Joshua
Titel	College Living: Issues Related to Housecleaning Attitudes
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 39 (2005) 4, S.729-733 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Gender Differences; Factor Analysis; Anxiety; Student Attitudes; Housework; College Housing; Satisfaction; Peer Relationship; Personality Traits; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Faktorenanalyse; Angst; Schülerverhalten; Hausarbeit; Studentenunterkunft; Zufriedenheit; Peer-Beziehungen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent
Abstract	Cleanliness preferences may be related to the compatibility of college roommates and hence relevant to students' satisfaction with and retention at a college or university. Two studies were conducted to develop a scale and examine issues related to housecleaning attitudes In the first study 457 college students completed an Attitude toward Housecleaning Scale (ATHS), one of three gender-related measures, and two other items. Based on a principal-components factor analysis, support was found for three of four proposed factors; gender differences were also found on the subscales. In the second study 102 college participants completed the revised ATHS and seven additional items assessing views/experiences related to housecleaning issues. The majority of the items loaded on the appropriate factors. Approximately a third of the students had experienced conflict, guilt, and/or resentment related to housework at least several times a month, and 95% of participants believed that matching potential roommates on cleanliness preferences was at least moderately important. Using the Levels of Cleanliness subscale to match incoming students may facilitate adjustment to college life. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10