Summaries of 2 research articles from workcited of the essay (Meaning of "Home")

My resources were basically about how homesickness would affect international students who are away from their homes and from their loved ones.

1- The first resource I got is a research that is done by Senel Poyrazli and Damian Lopez Marcos. It is called “An Exploratory Study of Perceived Discrimination and Homesickness: A Comparison of International Students and American Students.” As it shown from its title they’ve done an examination about group differences in perceived discrimination and homesickness in a sample of 439 college students, some of them are international students and some are U.S students. They’ve examined relations between homesickness, years of residency in the U.S and English proficiency. The study also shows that students who experienced hard time in school or there level is very low in English are the ones who got the higher levels of homesickness.

Citation:

Poyrazli, Senel, and Damian Lopez Marcos. "An Exploratory Study of Perceived Discrimination and Homesickness: A Comparison of International Students and American Students." The Journal of psychology 141.3 (2007): 263-80. ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.

 

2- The second one is also a research that is done by Blake Hendrickson, Devan Rosen and R. Kelly Aune. It is called “An Analysis of Friendship Networks, Social Connectedness, Homesickness, and Satisfaction Levels of International Students.” The study focused on how the international students form friendships in the host country, the experience that the students get when studying abroad. And by that the study shows that individuals from the same country tend to hang out together. On the other, the study shows how having friends from the host country would possibly decrease the feeling of homesickness and social connectedness. Furthermore, A survey was given to 84 international students andto examine the relationship between friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, contentment, and satisfaction. The result showed that most of the international students do not have many friends from there same country, however they reported to have many friends from the host country which made them feel less homesick, satisfied, and more socially connected.

Citation:

Hendrickson, Blake, Devan Rosen, and R. K. Aune. "An Analysis of Friendship Networks, Social Connectedness, Homesickness, and Satisfaction Levels of International Students." International Journal of Intercultural Relations : IJIR 35.3 (2011): 281. ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.