Recent theorizing has implicated affect regulation as central to the experience of homesickness. Conceptualized as grief due to losing social connections with close others when relocating, homesickness is associated with poor emotional and social adjustment. The present study examined how mood regulation and relationship quality - at home and in college - predict homesickness and negative affect among college students (N = 168). We assessed 16 mood regulation strategies as well as relationship quality each week over the first college term. As predicted, time-lagged multilevel analyses demonstrate that avoidance-oriented strategies were helpful in the short term (the following week), but chronic avoidance (across the college term) predicted higher levels of homesickness. Approach-oriented regulatory strategies did not predict homesickness, however. Relationship quality demonstrated differential main effects at the between-person level but did not predict fluctuations in homesickness from week to week. Across the college term, closer ties at home predicted greater homesickness, whereas closer ties in college predicted lower homesickness. Notably, there were distinct effects of mood regulation for homesickness compared to negative affect. The present study is among the first to examine effects of mood regulation on homesickness longitudinally, suggesting it is important to consider the type of regulation strategies being used as well as the time scale.

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情绪调节和关系质量可以预测大学期间乡愁的变化。

最近的理论认为影响调节是思乡病经历的核心。由于搬家时失去与亲密他人的社交联系，思乡病被概念化为悲伤，这与不良的情感和社会适应能力有关。本研究研究了在家中和大学中的情绪调节和关系质量如何预测大学生的乡愁和负面影响（N = 168）。在第一届大学期间，我们每周评估16种情绪调节策略以及关系质量。正如预测的那样，时间滞后的多级分析表明，以回避为导向的策略在短期内（接下来的一周）是有帮助的，但长期回避（在整个大学期间）则预示了更高的乡愁水平。但是，以方法为导向的监管策略并未预测乡愁。人际关系质量在人际关系水平上显示出不同的主要影响，但并不能预测一周到一周的乡愁的波动。在整个大学学期中，在家中更紧密的联系预示着更多的乡愁，而大学中更紧密的联系预示着较低的乡愁。值得注意的是，与负面影响相比，情绪调节对乡愁的影响明显。本研究是最早纵向研究情绪调节对思乡病影响的研究之一，表明重要的是要考虑所用调节策略的类型以及时间尺度。而在大学里更紧密的联系预示着乡愁会降低。值得注意的是，与负面影响相比，情绪调节对乡愁的影响明显。本研究是最早纵向研究情绪调节对思乡病影响的研究之一，表明重要的是要考虑所用调节策略的类型以及时间尺度。而在大学里更紧密的联系预示着乡愁会降低。值得注意的是，与负面影响相比，情绪调节对乡愁的影响明显。本研究是最早纵向研究情绪调节对思乡病影响的研究之一，表明重要的是要考虑所用调节策略的类型以及时间尺度。