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To provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of the quantitative literature on homesickness in children, including how it is assessed and relationship to other negative states.

A literature search was conducted using Medline, PsychINFO and Scopus databases. Studies were included if they assessed homesickness in children under eighteen years of age and were published in peer reviewed journals in the English language between 1990 and December 2020. A total of 176 studies were screened for relevance and 17 met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review with five studies included in the meta-analysis.

The primary outcome measure was homesickness severity, and it was examined in relation to measures of depression and anxiety. The literature in relation to known risk and protective factors was also reviewed.