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Sociality and intergenerational transfer of older adults’ nostalgia

Sociality and intergenerational transfer of older adults’ nostalgia
Sociality and intergenerational transfer of older adults’ nostalgia
Interest in nostalgia has blossomed, yet its nature in older adulthood and potential for intergenerational transfer to younger adults has remained neglected. In Experiment 1, we focused on the content of older adults’ nostalgic (vs. ordinary) recollections and asked whether older adults’ nostalgia could be transferred to younger adults. We showed that nostalgia expressed in older adults’ narratives was positively associated with nostalgia reported by young-adult readers. In Experiment 2, undergraduates read a nostalgic or ordinary narrative written by an older adult. Then they rated their own nostalgia as well as
their perceived social connectedness, self-continuity, and meaning in life. Exposure to older adults’ nostalgic (vs. ordinary) narratives promoted concurrent nostalgia among young adults, along with associated psychological benefits (social connectedness, self-continuity, meaning). The findings illustrate the potential for intergenerational transfer of nostalgia through written narratives, and attest to the universality of nostalgic themes across younger
and older adults.
0965-8211
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Wildschut, Tim
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Robertson, S
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Wildschut, Tim
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Robertson, S
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Wildschut, Tim, Sedikides, Constantine and Robertson, S (2018) Sociality and intergenerational transfer of older adults’ nostalgia. Memory, 1-45. (doi:10.1080/09658211.2018.1470645).

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Abstract

Interest in nostalgia has blossomed, yet its nature in older adulthood and potential for intergenerational transfer to younger adults has remained neglected. In Experiment 1, we focused on the content of older adults’ nostalgic (vs. ordinary) recollections and asked whether older adults’ nostalgia could be transferred to younger adults. We showed that nostalgia expressed in older adults’ narratives was positively associated with nostalgia reported by young-adult readers. In Experiment 2, undergraduates read a nostalgic or ordinary narrative written by an older adult. Then they rated their own nostalgia as well as
their perceived social connectedness, self-continuity, and meaning in life. Exposure to older adults’ nostalgic (vs. ordinary) narratives promoted concurrent nostalgia among young adults, along with associated psychological benefits (social connectedness, self-continuity, meaning). The findings illustrate the potential for intergenerational transfer of nostalgia through written narratives, and attest to the universality of nostalgic themes across younger
and older adults.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 April 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 May 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 420141
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420141
ISSN: 0965-8211
PURE UUID: 6e58d30e-5072-42b7-a3a6-fa9619267b52
ORCID for Tim Wildschut: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-5487
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 27 Apr 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:30

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Author: Tim Wildschut ORCID iD
Author: S Robertson

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