The past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource
Routledge, C., Arndt, J., Wildschut, Tim, Sedikides, Constantine, Hart, Claire M., Juhl, J, Vingerhoets, A. J. J and Schlotz, Wolff (2011) The past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (In Press)
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The current research tested the proposition that nostalgia serves an existential function by bolstering a sense of meaning in life. Study 1found that nostalgia was positively associated with a sense of meaning in life. Study 2 experimentally demonstrated that nostalgia increases a sense of meaning in life. In both studies, the link between nostalgia and increased meaning in life was mediated by feelings of social connectedness. Study 3 evidenced that threatened meaning increases nostalgia. Study 4 illustrated that nostalgia, in turn, reduces defensiveness following a meaning threat. Finally, Studies 5 and 6 showed that nostalgia disrupts the link between meaning deficits and compromised psychological well-being. Collectively, these findings indicate that the provision of existential meaning is a pivotal function of nostalgia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0022-3514 (print) 1939-1315 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Psychology > Division of Human Wellbeing |
| ePrint ID: | 183875 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/183875 |
| Deposited On: | 04 May 2011 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2011 03:53 |
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