Nostalgia as a resource for the self
Nostalgia as a resource for the self
This research tested whether nostalgia serves as a positive resource for the self. In Experiment 1, nostalgia was induced and the accessibility of positive self-attributes was assessed. Participants who thought about a nostalgic experience, relative to those who thought about a positive future experience, evidenced heightened accessibility of positive self-attributes. In Experiment 2, participants received negative or positive performance feedback and then thought about a nostalgic or ordinary past experience. Subsequently, they were given the opportunity to make internal attributions for their performance. Participants displayed a typical pattern of self-serving attributions if they were not given the opportunity to engage in nostalgia. Nostalgic engagement, however, attenuated this effect. Nostalgia indeed functions as a positive resource for the self.
feedback, nostalgia, self, self-concept accessibility, self-serving bias
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Vess, M.
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Routledge, Clay
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Sedikides, Constantine
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2012
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Vess, M., Arndt, J., Routledge, Clay, Sedikides, Constantine and Wildschut, Tim
(2012)
Nostalgia as a resource for the self.
Self and Identity, 11 (3), .
(doi:10.1080/15298868.2010.521452).
Abstract
This research tested whether nostalgia serves as a positive resource for the self. In Experiment 1, nostalgia was induced and the accessibility of positive self-attributes was assessed. Participants who thought about a nostalgic experience, relative to those who thought about a positive future experience, evidenced heightened accessibility of positive self-attributes. In Experiment 2, participants received negative or positive performance feedback and then thought about a nostalgic or ordinary past experience. Subsequently, they were given the opportunity to make internal attributions for their performance. Participants displayed a typical pattern of self-serving attributions if they were not given the opportunity to engage in nostalgia. Nostalgic engagement, however, attenuated this effect. Nostalgia indeed functions as a positive resource for the self.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 15 November 2010
Published date: 2012
Keywords:
feedback, nostalgia, self, self-concept accessibility, self-serving bias
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341148
ISSN: 1529-8868
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