Effects of College Adjustment, Faculty-Student Interaction, and Academic Stress on Major Satisfaction

Key Points

• The study aims to identify factors affecting major satisfaction among adult nursing students in college.
• Conducted a survey with 138 adult nursing students from two universities.
• Collected data using structured questionnaires over three weeks in October 2025.
• Analyzed data with descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, ANOVA, correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis.
• Average major satisfaction score was 4.22±0.49.
• Significant correlations were found among college adjustment, faculty-student interaction, academic stress, and major satisfaction.
• Key factors influencing satisfaction included college adjustment (β=.36), academic stress (β=−.29), and faculty-student interaction (β=.23), explaining 51.7% of the variance.

Abstract