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This study aims to consider "people who offer reassurance" as perceived by university students as factors that can both increase students' sense of belongingness and obstruct such feelings, and we then attempt to clarify the relationship between interpersonal place and "people who offer reassurance" among young people. The results of this study are follows. (1)I extracted three factors to describe a "person who offers reassurance": empathy, selfevaluation, and co-acting. University students considered a "person who offers reassurance" to be "someonewho sees the world the same way they do", "someone who accepts them", and "someone who acts together with them". (2)Students whose "group of close friends" (they chose friends in their university and boyfriends or girlfriends as "people who offer reassurance") comprised "people who offer reassurance" had low "lifestyle satisfaction", and they didn't feel that they were depended on by someone. In addition, students whose "group of families" (they chose mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers as "people who offer reassurance") comprised "people who offer reassurance" had low "lifestyle satisfaction", and students whose "group of mothers and old friends"(they chose mothers and old friends as "people who offer reassurance") comprised "people who offer reassurance" had low "lifestyle satisfaction" too. (3)Students whose "group of close friends" comprised "people who offer reassurance" had low satisfaction regarding their "current self", "value of existence", and "entrance into university". In addition, these students tended not to actively attempt to "make friendships" or "study to acquire specialist knowledge". However, a clear tendency was observed in these students to improve their "image of academics" after entering university.