The transition from living at home to living away from home represents a significant transition for first-year college or university students.
all students must all face the chal- lenges of independently managing their lives; establishing new friends; adjusting to new schedules; and succeeding in various academic, athletic, and artistic pursuits.11 These and other challenges often instill self-doubt and force an uncom- fortable recalibration of young adults’ academic and social self-concepts.12–15 The changes to new students’ routines, diets, social milieu, geographical setting, and perceived de- mands can induce intense homesickness.