Homesickness and adjustment in university students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-419

  Thurber, Christopher A ^a   Walton, Edward A ^b  

^a Phillips Exeter Academy   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; adjustment; homesickness; prevention; students; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862552209     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2012.673520     Document Type: Article

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