Trajectory of nostalgia in emerging adulthood
Trajectory of nostalgia in emerging adulthood
We examined the change and stability of nostalgia in emerging adulthood. We followed 327 students through their 4 university years with six assessments. Nostalgia demonstrated moderate rank stability (r =.25–.79). A Trait-State-Occasion model analysis indicated that the stable trait component, slowing-change trait component, and state component explained 37% to 43%, 10% to 27%, and 29% to 49% of variation in nostalgia on specific occasions, respectively. Longitudinal multilevel analysis revealed that the mean nostalgia level declined across university years. Greater intensity of negative life events at the start of university was associated with higher initial nostalgia and slower decline of it, while the emotion intensified when experiencing more negative life events. Nostalgia in emerging adulthood displays moderate stability, with negative life events contributing to the shape of its trajectory.
emerging adulthood, nostalgia, nostalgia change, nostalgia stability, nostalgia trajectory
Wang, Yuqi
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Wildschut, Tim
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Wu, Mingzheng
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Cai, Huajian
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5 January 2023
Wang, Yuqi
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Wildschut, Tim
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Wu, Mingzheng
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Cai, Huajian
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Wang, Yuqi, Wildschut, Tim, Sedikides, Constantine, Wu, Mingzheng and Cai, Huajian
(2023)
Trajectory of nostalgia in emerging adulthood.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
(doi:10.1177/01461672221143241).
Abstract
We examined the change and stability of nostalgia in emerging adulthood. We followed 327 students through their 4 university years with six assessments. Nostalgia demonstrated moderate rank stability (r =.25–.79). A Trait-State-Occasion model analysis indicated that the stable trait component, slowing-change trait component, and state component explained 37% to 43%, 10% to 27%, and 29% to 49% of variation in nostalgia on specific occasions, respectively. Longitudinal multilevel analysis revealed that the mean nostalgia level declined across university years. Greater intensity of negative life events at the start of university was associated with higher initial nostalgia and slower decline of it, while the emotion intensified when experiencing more negative life events. Nostalgia in emerging adulthood displays moderate stability, with negative life events contributing to the shape of its trajectory.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 November 2022
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China (17ZDA324). The funder had no role in the study design, collection, data analysis or interpretation, write-up of the article, or the decision to submit the article for publication.
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emerging adulthood, nostalgia, nostalgia change, nostalgia stability, nostalgia trajectory
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