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STUDY OF REL TION BETWEEN

FUNCTION L DIST NCE ND SOCI L

INTER CTION IN STUDENT HOUSING

Dewi Ratih Megawati


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Content

INTRODUCTION

Background

Critical Point

Focus of Study

Methodology

LITERATURE

Previous Study


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INTRODUCTION


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Lonely?

I Introduction

Background

There are 7 % of international student of the total number

of South Korean student population. President Lee Myung

Bak initiate the program to develop the foreign student into

100,000 student in 2010 by setting up funding for the

universities course which is offered in English (Calhoun,

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International students are vulnerable to experience personal

and social loneliness showed by sense of loss and isolation,

anxiety, confusion and disappointed expectation (Sawir 2005:

Brislin &Yoshida, 1994)

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This International student perception about academic, socio-culture life in South K

essential issue since South Korea establish the 2020 Ten Agendas for South Ko

Policy. These students are the important representative of the various countrie

the third world country becomes one of the policy principles. For instance

mention South Korea aim to establishing middle power networks with Associat

East Asian Nations (ASEAN) states, Australia, and India and initiate a n

construction (EAI NSP Report, 2012).

I Introduction

Critical Point


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Focus of this study is functional distance as a source which likely to encourage s

interaction among the residents.

I Introduction

Focus of Study

Social Interaction : PassiveContacts

Nodding, blinking, eating, reading, dancing, rioting, warring

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The aim of this study is to understand whether there is any relation between t

distance and the social interaction in the student housing. The method of this

study literature. The expected result is there is relation between the functional

social interaction student housing. (Lang, 1987; Wallace, 1952; Al-Homoud,

journal are collected from SAGE, EBSCO, SCOPUS and also general search in inte

I Introduction

im and Methodology


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LITERATURE REVIEW


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Since the international student face the new education environment in the foreign

likely undergo the cultural shock in adjusting process. This adaptation process

transformation of students interpersonal skill and psychological conditions w

psychologically tensed.

I Literature Review

International Student Depression


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I Literature Review

International Student Loneliness

Sawir, 2003


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Functional distance likely impact in the location of functional activities and oppoadditional activities as resulted by the setting design (Abu-Ghazzeh, 1999).

Functional distance may be translated into the perceived design encountered in one point to another (festinger et al., 1950; lang, 1987; Al-Homoud, 2003)

The shorter the functional distance is, the opportunity of casual meeting inclining resident will make frequent trip due to the small distance.

I Literature

Functional Distance


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I Literature

Social Interaction

(Bo


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The other issue which has to be considered are community density and size, resicultural background, gender, life stage, personality, income level, and socioecon(Case, 1981; lang, 1987).

I Literature

The Other factors


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The dependent variable is classified into two types which are social network and

support. On the other hand the independent variables are the functional distance

student housing entrance, microwave, and water dispenser. Each element was m

according to the resident perception of relative closeness: close, somewhat far, a

I Literature

Dependent and Independent Measures


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The hyphotheses of this study is that functional distance imp

social pattern

I Hyphothesis


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