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Nostalgia: content, triggers, functions
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Seven methodologically diverse studies addressed 3 fundamental questions about nostalgia. Studies 1 and 2 examined the content of nostalgic experiences. Descriptions of nostalgic experiences typically featured the self as a protagonist in interactions with close others (e.g., friends) or in momentous events (e.g., weddings). Also, the descriptions contained more expressions of positive than negative affect and often depicted the redemption of negative life scenes by subsequent triumphs. Studies 3 and 4 examined triggers of nostalgia and revealed that nostalgia occurs in response to negative mood and the discrete affective state of loneliness. Studies 5, 6, and 7 investigated the functional utility of nostalgia and established that nostalgia bolsters social bonds, increases positive self-regard, and generates positive affect. These findings demarcate key landmarks in the hitherto uncharted research domain of nostalgia.
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“The effect has been observed among young and older adults, and in North America, Europe, and Asia.”
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“Analysis of nostalgic narratives have revealed that when one is nostalgic, they nearly always reflect on people (e.g., friends, family) and social gatherings in which they are surrounded by others (e.g., parties, weddings, family reunions) [12].”
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“Nostalgia, in turn, serves a positive function of alleviating the negative consequences of such psychologically adverse stimuli/states.”
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“For example, 79% of UK undergraduate students, and more than 50% of UK adults between 18 and 90, reported on the Southampton Nostalgia Scale (Appendix B) that they experienced nostalgia at least once a week (Hepper et al., 2021; Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“Further, they show more empathy and trust for others, including members of an outgroup (Hepper et al., 2012; Wildschut et al., 2006;”
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“Likewise, content analyses of nostalgic narratives or song lyrics highlight social objects (e.g., relationships, social interactions), momentous or leisure events involving others (e.g., graduations, birthday, holidays, vacations), tangibles (e.g., toys, books) given by signi fi cant others or shared with them, and social sentiments such as being loved or comforted by others (Abeyta, Routledge,”
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“The most common objects of nostalgic yearning were close others (e.g., family, romantic partners, friends), followed by momentous life events that included close others (e.g., weddings, graduations, family gatherings), animals (i.e., pets), tangibles (e.g., a coat), and settings (e.g., a lake).”
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“Among UK undergraduates and adults aged 18-91, nostalgia is experienced at least once a week and modally three times a week (Hepper, Robertson, Wildschut, Sedikides, & Routledge, 2014, Study 1;Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 2).”
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“participants influenced by scent-evoked nostalgia felt loved and connected to loved ones (Reid et al., 2014).”
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“At an explicit level, nostalgic narratives include redemptive and agency themes (Abeyta et al., 2014;Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 2)”
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“felt commonly (approximately 3 times a week; Wildschut, Sedikides, Arndt, & Routledge, 2006)”
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“we assessed the effectiveness of the nostalgia manipulations with a validated three-item manipulation check (Hepper et al., 2012;Wildschut et al., 2006)”
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“Path b, in turn, rests on evidence that inductions of nostalgia augment positive states, including social connectedness and empathy”
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“This homeostatic function of nostalgia is plausible, given that, in addition to the above, experimentally induced nostalgia elevates social connectedness and empathy (Turner et al., 2012(Turner et al., , 2013;;Wildschut et al., 2006;Zhou, Wildschut, Sedikides, Shi, et al., 2012), raises positive mood and self-esteem (Hepper et al., 2012;Wildschut et al., 2006), decreases boredom (W. A. P. van Til”
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“Using the split half method she found that the scale had good reliability (r=0.78,p<.01).Using test retest method (administering this scale to the same individual twice, using an interval of one week), she found good correlation between the average rating across the twenty items (r=0.84,p<.01).”
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“For example, nostalgia improves mood [3,12], makes people feel warmer [13], bolsters meaning in life [8,17], and increases self-continuity [18,19].”
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“Nostalgia is related to reminders of meaningful interactions with significant others13; therefore, the nostalgia-associated reminders of others may increase moral concern.”
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“Wildschut et al. discovered that those who reflected on a nostalgic event evinced greater social connectedness.”
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“The content of nostalgia is highly social.”
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“Studies in which researchers have experimentally induced loneliness [28,12] and belongingness deficits [29] have confirmed that social disconnectedness leads to nostalgia.”
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“Nostalgia is also triggered by noxious stimuli or aversive internal states, for example, negative affect [11,12], cold ambient temperature [13], existential threats (e.g., meaninglessness [8], death [14], boredom [15]), and self-discontinuity [16].”
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“Wildschut et al. [12] more specifically found that nostalgia increases perceived confidence in initiating interactions, self-disclosing personal information, and providing social support.”
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“Content analyses of nostalgic narratives among UK participants have shown a similar blend of primarily positive (e.g., content, joy, tenderness, serenity) and secondarily negative (e.g., sadness, loss) affect (Madoglou et al., 2017; Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“Also in a British sample, the affectively imbued nostalgia narratives typically follow a redemptive trajectory, in which the negatively toned part is overcome by the positively toned part (i.e., the narrative starts badly but ends well; Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“They also feel more connected to loved ones, protected, and loved (Nostalgia Functions Scale; Hepper et al., 2012; see also Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“In addition, nostalgia can be triggered by discomforting states like negative affect (Barrett et al., 2010; Wildschut et al., 2006), loneliness (Wildschut et al., 2006, 2010), procedural injustice in the workplace (Van Dijke et al., 2015), meaninglessness (Routledge et al., 2011, 2012), disillusionment (Maher et al., 2021), death cognitions (Routledge et al., 2008), selfdiscontinuity (i.e., a”
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“Participants in the high loneliness condition reported feeling more nostalgic than those in the low loneliness condition.”
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“Finally, the affective signature of nostalgic accounts validated that the emotion is ambivalent, but more positive than negative.”
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“The self was featured prominently in the nostalgic account and assumed a protagonistic role in most of them.”
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“The narratives were substantially richer in positive affect than in negative affect.”
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“We engaged in content analyses of stories submitted to the periodical Nostalgia (Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 1) and of event descriptions that participants furnished under a nostalgia writing prompt (Wildschut et al., Study 2).In both cases, a redemptive sequence far outweighed a contamination sequence.”
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“Examples of internal triggers are discomforting states such as negative affect (Barrett et al., 2010;Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 3), social exclusion (Seehusen et al., 2013, Studies 3 and 4;Wildschut, Sedikides, Routledge, Arndt, & Cordaro, 2010, Study 3), loneliness (Wildschut et al., Study 4;Wildschut et al., 2010, Study 1;Zhou, Sedikides, Wildschut, & Gao, 2008, Study 4), meaninglessness (R”
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“Wildschut et al. (2006) obtained direct experimental support for the idea that nostalgia augments self-esteem.Participants in the nostalgic-event (relative to ordinary-event) condition reported higher self-esteem, regardless of whether it was assessed with a brief scale (”
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“We have reported that nostalgic narratives are characterized by themes where the self is the main character in a positive chain of events (i.e., redemption; Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 2).”
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“Wildschut et al. (2006) obtained direct experimental support for the idea that nostalgia augments self-esteem.Participants in the nostalgic-event (relative to ordinary-event) condition reported higher self-esteem, regardless of whether it was assessed with a brief scale (”
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“Participants in the nostalgic-event condition indeed reported higher perceived interpersonal competence than their ordinary-event counterparts.”
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“We demonstrated a causal connection between nostalgia and social connectedness, which we operationalized as: feeling loved, protected, connected to others, and trusting of others; experiencing attachment security; feeling socially supported; or being empathetic.”
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“First, nostalgic narrations, scents, or songs produce more positive affect than negative affect (Barrett et al., 2010;Reid et al., 2014;Wildschut et al., 2006, Studies 1 and 2).”
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“Second, a nostalgia condition produces stronger positive affect than a control condition (Cheung et al., 2013, Study 2 and 4;Hepper et al., 2012, Study 7;Lasaleta et al., 2014, Experiment 4;Stephan et al., 2012;Wildschut et al., 2006, Studies 5-7;Zhou, Wildschut, Sedikides, Shi, et al., 2012, Study 1; see also Batcho, 2013b;Verplanken, 2012), although sometimes the two conditions do not differ (”
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“Loneliness emerged as the most frequently mentioned discrete emotional trigger of nostalgia in UK undergraduates' narratives (Wildschut et al., 2006, Study 2).”
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“selfesteem (Hepper et al., 2012;Wildschut et al., 2006)”
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“nostalgia increases social connectedness (Wildschut et al., 2006)”
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“and raises self-esteem (Hepper et al., 2012;Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“For example, the positive and negative elements of nostalgic narratives are often juxtaposed so as to form a redemption sequence (Sedikides, Wildschut, Arndt, & Routledge, 2006;Wildschut et al., 2006).”
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“the content of nostalgic narratives is more positive than negative, and that recalling nostalgic memories gives rise to more positive than negative affect”
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“There is growing evidence that aversive stimuli trigger nostalgia.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Arndt, J., & Routledge, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2006-11
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 975-993
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2080315483
- Semantic Scholar
- 1439aca6a593a10c8ca1fa5d654c87063dd479e1
- Cited by
- 1,252
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
- 2026: 84 · 2025: 109 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 102 · 2022: 109 · 2021: 103 · 2020: 113 · 2019: 116 · 2018: 61 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 67 · 2015: 53 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 31
- FWCI
- 15.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- nostalgia, negative mood, loneliness, social bonds, self-regard, positive affect, close relationships, life events, narrative content
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affect, Aged, 80 and over, Ego, Emotions, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Life Change Events, Loneliness, Male, Memory, Self Concept, Social Behavior, Students, Observer Variation, Narration
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