The impacts of student and life satisfaction on tourism students’ perceived sense of belonging

ABSTRACT

This study explores how tourism students’ satisfaction with their lives and academics affect their sense of belonging within their school communities. The primary supporting research was conducted using a questionnaire, which 285 students in Akdeniz University’s Faculty of Tourism answered. The mean scores of the two scales (life satisfaction and sense of belonging) and the dimensions of student satisfaction were used to conduct multiple regression analysis. The results suggest that two aspects of student life (teaching staff and school management vs. student support and counseling) and life satisfaction had a direct correlation with students’ sense of belonging.

KEYWORDS:

• Sense of belonging
• life satisfaction
• student satisfaction
• tourism education

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.