Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the lifestyle of college students, which consists of individual social interest and activity degree, and college students' adjustment. The most significant results were as follows: First, subjects with high social interest got higher scores in total, social, and institutional adjustment than subjects with low social interest. Second, subjects with high activity adjusted better in total adjustment and all subscales; academic, social, personal- emotional, and institutional adjustment than subjects with low activity. Third, in lifestyle, subjects with both the socially useful type and the ruling type adjusted better in total, academic, social, institutional adjustment than subjects with the other types; the passive social type, the getting type, and the avoiding type. Finally, subjects with the getting type and the avoiding type which had both low social interest and low activity did not significantly differ in total, and all subscales. These results showed that the lifestyle was the most important factor in a college students' adjustment. Based on the finding results, discussion and implication for further research were suggested.