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journal-article

Author :

Aiman Malik, Laiba Shahid, Shama Khan, Hafiza Tahreem Anwar, Iqra Aslam Gull, Hidna Iqbal

Volume :

3

Issue :

4

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to inspect the relationship between homesickness and academic performance in hostelites of Punjab University, Lahore. The hypothesis of this study was; that there is likely to be a negative relationship between homesickness and academic performance. Students of first year are more likely to be homesick compared to final-year students Women are more likely to be homesick as compared to men. The correlational research design was used in this study. The N=200 (100 men and 100 women) with an equal number of first-year and final-year students (N=100) were taken, aged between 18 to 26. The measures that were utilized were; the Homesickness Questionnaire (Archer, 1998) to assess homesickness and the Academic Performance Questionnaire (Ahmad & Shehzadi, 2011) to measure academic performance. For statistical analysis, Pearson Correlational Analysis was run for the relationship between homesickness and academic performance. Two independent sample t-tests were used to study the difference in homesickness among men & women and first-year & final-year university students. Results showed that homesickness has a non-significant relationship with academic performance. Men are more homesick as compared to women and there is a non-significant difference in homesickness between first-year and final-year students.