The Relationship of Homesickness with Loneliness and Attitude to communication with Opposite Sex in Non-local Students Living at Hostels of Sistan and Baluchestan University

The Purpose of present study was to investigate the relationship of homesickness with loneliness and Attitude to communication with opposite sex in Non-local students living at hostels of Sistan and Baluchestan University. The statistical population included all none-local male and female students living at hostels of Sistan and Baluchestan University. Samples were selected by available sampling method. Research tool was homesickness (Archer et al. 1998), loneliness (Russell et al. 1978) and attitude and tendency to communication with opposite sex (Kordlo, 2002) Questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation, stepwise regression and independent t-test. According to the findings, there was significant and direct relationship between overall scores of homesickness and subscales of attachment to home and dissatisfying from being at University and dissatisfying from being at University was a significant predictor for students' feeling of loneliness (p<.05). There was not significant relationship between homesickness and Attitude to communication with opposite sex (p>.05). Eventually homesickness was a significant predictor for loneliness, but it could not explain Attitude to communication with opposite sex. However, Regard to non-native students' problems, it is necessary in educational programs at University.