University is considered as a bridge between home and society for the undergraduate students. Campus life is a unique place
experience which is very important on their journey to adulthood. Although numerous studies explored the students
performance on campus, little discussion has addressed the undergraduate students’ place bonding on campus from the
perspectives of place attachment and place identity. To fill such a gap, this paper explores the influence and intensity of
campus environment on the development of place attachment and place identity in undergraduate students at University Sains
Malaysia (USM). The main instrument involved in this study is questionnaire that is proposed with five scales: demographic
information, physical environment, social environment, cultural and academic environment, and place attachment and place
identity. The results of this study showed a current and holistic student-place relationship to campus. Generally, it illustrated
that the students in USM showed relatively strong attachment and identity to the campus, while the extent of place identity
was comparatively weaker than place attachment. Specifically, first, students in different study level showed different extent
of place attachment and place identity to campus. Both students’ extent of place attachment and place identity followed the
same order (from high to low): juniors, seniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Second, national students showed higher
attachment and identity to campus than international students. Third, through bivariate correlations analysis, the results also
showed some most influential variables to affect students’ place attachment and place identity
University is considered as a bridge between home and society for the undergraduate students. Campus life is a unique placeexperience which is very important on their journey to adulthood. Although numerous studies explored the studentsperformance on campus, little discussion has addressed the undergraduate students’ place bonding on campus from theperspectives of place attachment and place identity. To fill such a gap, this paper explores the influence and intensity ofcampus environment on the development of place attachment and place identity in undergraduate students at University SainsMalaysia (USM). The main instrument involved in this study is questionnaire that is proposed with five scales: demographicinformation, physical environment, social environment, cultural and academic environment, and place attachment and placeidentity. The results of this study showed a current and holistic student-place relationship to campus. Generally, it illustratedthat the students in USM showed relatively strong attachment and identity to the campus, while the extent of place identitywas comparatively weaker than place attachment. Specifically, first, students in different study level showed different extentof place attachment and place identity to campus. Both students’ extent of place attachment and place identity followed thesame order (from high to low): juniors, seniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Second, national students showed higherattachment and identity to campus than international students. Third, through bivariate correlations analysis, the results alsoshowed some most influential variables to affect students’ place attachment and place identity
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