The development, initial standardization, and substantive data of the University Residence Environment Scales (URES) are presented. (Authors)

A sample of 100 university living groups measured on 10 dimensions of their social environments was subjected to cluster analysis to develop an empirically based taxonomy of college residential groups. Some evidence that different clusters of living groups have different impacts on students is presented. (Author/DEP)

The development, initial standardization and substantive data of the University Residence Environment Scale (URES) is presented. The URES is a true-false perceived environment scale composed of 10 subscales (e.g., affiliation, innovation) which discriminates among the 74 student residences in the current norm group. The URES has high internal…

The distribution of major choices of the students in college living units, as determined by the Holland (1973) typology, was related to the characteristics of the social environments of the living units. The results supported Holland's theory in that these two sets of variables were predictably related. (Author)

Proximity of dormitory peers, involvement in informal social activities, and lack of commitment to religious and academic values were independently related to drinking and drinking onset. Formal involvement in college activities and psychological stress had no independent effect. (CP)