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Separation Anxiety, Perceived Controllability, and Homesickness 1
Author(s) -
Flett Gordon L.,
Endler Norman S.,
Besser Avi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00438.x
Subject(s) - controllability , anxiety , psychology , trait anxiety , trait , separation (statistics) , coping (psychology) , perceived control , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , psychiatry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
The present study examined the multidimensional interactionism model of anxiety, stress, and coping by investigating trait separation anxiety, controllability, and homesickness in 152 university students living away from home. Participants completed measures of trait separation anxiety, state anxiety, perceived controllability of the situation, and homesickness. Correlational tests confirmed that trait separation anxiety and homesickness were associated. Also, low perceived controllability was associated with state anxiety and homesickness. Finally, tests of a mediational model confirmed that both perceived controllability of the situation and state anxiety are significant mediators of the association between trait separation anxiety and homesickness. The findings provide support for models of homesickness that focus on diminished sense of personal control and proximity to attachment figures.