Homesickness and Adjustment Across the First Year of College: A Longitudinal Study
Homesickness and Adjustment Across the First Year of College: A Longitudinal Study
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DOI：
10.1037/emo0000235
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
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4.2
通讯作者：
Gross, James J.
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作者：
English, Tammy;Davis, Jordan;Gross, James J.
思乡病可能使个人面临一系列调整困难的风险。每年离家上大学的数百万学生可能特别容易想家。然而，几乎没有研究过思乡的个体差异，以及这些变化如何预测大学的不同结果。本研究考察了大学第一学期期间每周的思乡水平，并测试了思乡与各方面适应之间的关联。结果表明，平均而言，思乡情绪在大学第一学期略有下降，但思乡情绪的轨迹存在个体差异。报告乡愁水平较高的新生对大学的整体适应能力较差，即使在控制负面情绪体验和先前调整的情况下也是如此。乡愁与较差的社会结果有关，但这些社会困难仅限于在大学环境中与他人的互动。学业成绩没有受到思乡病的不利影响。研究结果表明，思乡是一个共同的经验，为新生，尽管其相对短暂的性质，思乡有重要意义的大学调整。
Homesickness can put individuals at risk for a host of adjustment difficulties. The millions of students that leave home for college each year may be particularly susceptible to experiencing homesickness. There is little work, however, examining individual variation in homesickness over time and how these changes predict different outcomes in college. The present study examines weekly levels of homesickness during the first term of college and tests the associations between homesickness and various aspects of adjustment. Results showed that, on average, homesickness decreased slightly across the first semester of college, but there were individual differences in homesickness trajectories. Freshmen who reported higher levels of homesickness showed worse overall adjustment to college, even when controlling for negative emotional experience and prior adjustment. Homesickness was associated with poorer social outcomes, but these social difficulties were limited to interactions with others in the college environment. Academic outcomes were not adversely impacted by homesickness. Findings suggest that homesickness is a common experience for freshmen, and, despite its relatively transient nature, homesickness has important implications for college adjustment.