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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 3, 391-395 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/014616727900500325
© 1979 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Three Into Two Doesn't Go: A Follow-up on the Effects of Overcrowded Dormitory Rooms

Robert A. Karlin

Leslie S. Rosen

Yakov M. Epstein

Rutgers -The State University

A follow-up study of students who, during their freshman year, were either placed two to a room or three to a room in a room designed for two persons was conducted two years later. In comparison to their performance during their sophomore and junior years, grade point averages of tripled students, but not of doubled students, were significantly depressed during their freshman year. Additionally, tripled students were less satisfied and more unhappy with their living conditions as freshmen than were doubled students. During their later college careers, all students, regardless of their freshman room assignment, were equally well adjusted to college, equally satisfied with college and performed equally well in their courses.


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