Abstract
The present study investigated relationships between undergraduates' learning satisfaction, academic identity, self-esteem and feeling of depression and loneliness in Taiwan. Data were from a national survey in Taiwan. Participants were 15, 706 third-year undergraduates (8719 female, 6987 male). The results showed that, after controlling for undergraduates' academic performance and attitudes toward university and department, (1) learning satisfaction of females in male-dominant fields was negatively correlated with their feeling of depression, (2) learning satisfaction of males in female-dominant fields was positively correlated with their academic identity and self-esteem, and (3) learning satisfaction of undergraduates in non-dominated fields was positively correlated with their academic identity and self-esteem but also negatively correlated with their feelings of depression. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.