Hostel Life Plays An Important Role In Students Life.

Author’s: Vijay Mishra

Aditya Ansh

Prashant Purohit

Introduction:

Hostel life constitutes a significant aspect of student life, influencing academic performance as well as personal and social development. The hostel environment encourages independence, interpersonal interaction, and personality development among students. At the same time, it presents challenges that contribute to students’ adaptability and resilience. This study aims to assess students’ perceptions of hostel life and evaluate its overall impact on their academic and personal growth.

Objective:

To Understand the underlying phenomenon of hostel life plays an important role in student life.

Literature review:

Review 1:

Previous studies indicate that living arrangements significantly influence postgraduate students’ emotional maturity and self-concept, with hostel residents generally demonstrating higher independence and emotional resilience than those living with families. The literature also highlights a positive correlation between emotional maturity and self-concept, suggesting that emotional regulation plays a key role in students’ psychological development

Prajapati, A. K. (2025). Emotional maturity and self-concept among postgraduate students living with their families and living in hostel. International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, 6(1), 5517–5522. https://doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.6.0125.0669

Review 2:

Existing literature on hostel life emphasizes that the quality and adequacy of hostel facilities significantly influence students’ satisfaction, academic engagement, and overall campus experience. Empirical evidence suggests that deficiencies in basic amenities such as drinking water, health services, and internet facilities can negatively affect students’ well-being and perception of institutional effectiveness

Chougule, P. S., Salunkhe, S. T., Patil, S. V., Kolhe, V. V., & Patil, G. T. (2021). A review of hostel students regarding facilities provided by the college, using statistical measures. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, 11(2), 28–36. https://doi.org/10.9790/9622-1102042836

Data Collection:

To Understand the underlying phenomenon of hostel life plays an important role in student life. The following questions were framed with likert scale.

Q1. I feel that hostel life improves my academic performance

Q2. I feel that hostel life helps me become more independent

Q3. I feel that hostel life improves my friendships and social bonding

Q4. I feel that hostel life comes with many challenges

Q5. I feel that hostel life has shaped my personality

A Google form was framed with above questions, on 5-point scale and responses where coded as

5 for strongly agree, 4 for agree, 3 for neutral, 2 for disagree, and 1 for strongly disagree.

Data was downloaded as a excel sheet and for every question Mean, Standard deviation, Standard Error, and T-Stat were calculated.

Data analysis:

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5
MEAN	3.56	4.00	4.37	4.33	3.96
S.D	1.19	1.10	0.77	0.88	1.15
S.E	0.12	0.11	0.08	0.09	0.11
T-STAT	4.70	9.08	17.70	15.17	8.38
RESULT	AGREE	AGREE	AGREE	AGREE	AGREE

RESULT – If T-stat is more than 1.96 accept positively(agree). If T-stat is between 1.96 and -1.96 say neutral. If t-stat is less than -1.96 accept negatively(disagree).

Conclusion:

Q1- People thinks Hostel life improves academic performance

Q2- people thinks Hostel life helps build independence

Q3- people thinks Hostel life improves friendships

Q4- people thinks Hostel life has many challenges

Q5- people thinks Hostel life shapes personality

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