Table 1.
Results of Multilevel Modeling Predicting Adjustment from Weekly Homesickness
| Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Intercept | Homesickness (current) | Intercept | Homesickness (prior week) | Adjustment (prior week) |
| Settled in at college | 5.52 | −.17 (.03)** | 5.55 | −.07 (.04)† | .03 (.04) |
| Academic satisfaction | 4.33 | −.07 (.04)† | 4.31 | −.04 (.04) | .03 (.04) |
| Social satisfaction | 4.71 | −.22 (.04)** | 4.71 | −.09 (.05)* | −.04 (.04) |
| Frequency of contact | |||||
| College relationships | 11.25 | −.18 (.19) | 10.86 | .06 (.19) | .07 (.03)* |
| Home relationships | 3.37 | .20 (.15) | 3.63 | −.17 (.19) | −.12 (.04)** |
| Relationship quality | |||||
| College relationships | 5.01 | −.08 (.02)** | 5.02 | −.04 (.03) | .03 (.04) |
| Home relationships | 5.27 | .07 (.03)* | 5.29 | .02 (.03) | −.07 (.04)† |
Note. Unstandardized estimates are presented with standard errors in parentheses. Model 1 included homesickness and negative emotional experience. Model 2 assessed lagged effects by including the previous week’s levels of homesickness, negative emotion, and adjustment.
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