Results also show gender differences between male and female university
students in terms of the dimensions of homesickness. Results indicate that female
students report higher levels of missing family than male students. Findings also
suggested that male students report higher levels of adjustment difficulties and
ruminations about home than female students. Stroebe et al. (2002) studied two
different sample (one in the Netherlands, and one in the U.K.) in terms of
homesickness to find that while no gender differences existed in the Netherlands
sample, female students in the U.K. reported more homesickness than did male
students. In another study, Watt and Badger (2009) found that female university
students were more homesick than males. Results of Stroebe et al. also show that
there were cultural differences related to homesickness, for U.K. students reported a