Archer J, Ireland J, Amos S L, Broad H, Currid L
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Br J Psychol. 1998 May;89 ( Pt 2):205-21. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.tb02681.x.
A 33-item measure of homesickness (the Homesickness Questionnaire, HQ) was derived from features of grief modified for the circumstance of separation from home. In three samples of year 1 students (N = 264) during their first year at university, total HQ scores were highly correlated with a single-item measure of homesickness used in previous studies, and 28 items showed significant differences between subgroups divided on the basis of the single-item scores. Previous findings that homesick students show more health and psychological symptoms, and cognitive failures, were supported by further comparisons between the two groups, and a meta-analysis of four studies. Factor analysis of the HQ indicated two factors, disliking the university, and attachment to the home, which are consistent with both the separation and strain models of homesickness. Correlations with other variables, and sex differences in the factor scores, further supported the distinction between these two aspects of homesickness. Women showed higher levels of intrusive thinking about the homesickness, but this was mediated by their higher scores on the attachment factor of the HQ. There was no sex difference in avoidant responses to homesickness.
一份包含33个条目的思乡量表（思乡问卷，HQ）源自于针对离家情境修改后的悲伤特征。在大学一年级的三个样本（N = 264）中，HQ总分与先前研究中使用的单项思乡量表高度相关，并且28个条目在根据单项得分划分的亚组之间显示出显著差异。思乡学生表现出更多健康和心理症状以及认知失误这一先前的研究发现，在两组之间的进一步比较以及四项研究的荟萃分析中得到了支持。HQ的因子分析表明有两个因子，即不喜欢大学和依恋家庭，这与思乡的分离模型和压力模型均一致。与其他变量的相关性以及因子得分中的性别差异，进一步支持了思乡这两个方面的区别。女性表现出对思乡更频繁的侵入性思维，但这是由她们在HQ依恋因子上的较高得分所介导的。在对思乡的回避反应方面没有性别差异。
