The effects of nostalgia and avoidant attachment on relationship satisfaction and romantic motives
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The current research tested whether attachment-related avoidance interacts with nostalgia to predict individuals’ orientation towards romantic relationships. In Study 1, participants were in a relationship, and in Study 2, participants were single. In both studies, attachment-related avoidance and anxiety were measured and participants were assigned to a nostalgia or control induction. Subsequently, participants indicated their relationship satisfaction (Study 1) or desire to pursue a romantic relationship (Study 2). Results revealed that there was a negative relationship between attachment-related avoidance and high levels of relationship satisfaction (Study 1) and relationship desire (Study 2) in the nostalgia condition, but not in the control condition. These findings build upon previous research on attachment and nostalgia to suggest that attachment-related avoidance greatly influences how nostalgia affects romantic relationship-oriented outcomes. Nostalgia appears to orient low avoidant individuals towards relationships and high avoidant individuals away from relationships.
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Nostalgia rendered low-avoidance persons more satisfied with their relationships.
“Nostalgia rendered low-avoidance persons more satisfied with their relationships and more desirous of a relationship.”
From To Nostalgize (2015) · cites this paper as Juhl, Sand, and Routledge (2012)
Nostalgia rendered low-avoidance persons more desirous of a relationship.
“Nostalgia rendered low-avoidance persons more satisfied with their relationships and more desirous of a relationship.”
From To Nostalgize (2015) · cites this paper as Juhl, Sand, and Routledge (2012)
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“Those with high avoidance have less satisfaction with romantic relationships (Hazan & Shaver, 1987), have greater concern with possessing control in romantic relationships (Mikulincer, 1998), and are generally less intimate (Levy & Davis, 1988).”
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Self-citationThe past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource
Routledge, C., Arndt, J., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., Juhl, J., Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M., & Schlotz, W. (2011) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0024292 · Cited by 463 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Juhl, J., Sand, E. C., & Routledge, C.
- Affiliations
- North Dakota State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Juhl, Jacob
- ORCID
- Juhl, Jacob
- Venue
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-04-18
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 661-670
- ISSN
- 0265-4075 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-3608
- OpenAlex
- W2151663276
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 2.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- nostalgia, attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, relationship satisfaction, romantic relationships, attachment styles
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