1. College and its effects on Homesickness
In 1998, psychologists Kazantzis and Flett studied the effects of homesickness due to family cohesion. Family cohesiveness is the emotional bonding or the dependency between family members. ... In their experiments they would evaluate the effects of social anxiety and social support with indicators of homesickness. ... Also, homesick students had greater psychological disturbances particularly manifested in raised obsessionality scores, somatic symptoms reporting, and depression (Urani, 2003). ... The purpose of this study is to find what are the causes and effects of homesickness on college s...
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