Findings from the current investigation indicated that religiousness is a protective factor in the relationship between homesickness and maladjustment, but that protective factor varies depending on the specific domain of religiousness. In the relationship between attachment to home and depression, positive religious coping served as a protective factor, while organizational religiousness, private practices, and global religiousness were risk factors. On the other hand, all measures of religiousness did not moderate the relationship between dislike of the university and depression, although had significant main effects. In the relationship between dislike of the university and alcohol use, positive religious coping served as a protective factor against alcohol use, while personal religiousness was a risk factor for both alcohol use and binge drinking. No measures of religiousness moderated the relationship between attachment to home and
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alcohol use, but has some significant main effects. Finally, in the relationship between homesickness and sexual behaviors, religiousness was not seen to be a moderator, but its