In my dissertation, I researched how students experience returning home after Erasmus mobility. Students are emerging adults, which means that they are a part of a very specific group, so I focused on the characteristics of the group and the satisfaction with life in this group. The trend of globalization is related to the growing mobility of students and the desire for mobility, which is also reflected in Slovenian students. Two phenomena that can often accompany mobility are culture shock and reverse culture shock, which is usually which is often quite pronounced in children and in young people. Precisely because of the increase in mobility and the greater susceptibility of young people to reverse culture shock, I was interested in my dissertation as to whether there is a need for support after returning home. For this purpose, I conducted a group interview with students of the Faculty of Social Work. The purpose of the interview was to find out what hardships students face after returning, how they cope with hardships, what support they received, and what kind of support they would still need upon return.My research suggests that students had different feeling about returning home after mobility and for the most part they had mixed feelings about returning home. Students who had a previous experience of mobility experienced a lower level of distress than those for whom this was their first mobility experience. Important reasons for the distress upon return were the loss of the relationships they had established during the mobility and the loss of independence. An important source of support before mobility was the family and the coordinator at the home faculty, during mobility the family and people on mobility, and after mobility the tutoring system proved to be the most important source. The students suggested a support group as a possible form of support.
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