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Nostalgia: A Psychological Resource

Nostalgia: A Psychological Resource

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Series: Essays in Social Psychology

CognitionGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1848725175
ISBN13: 9781848725171
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 8 2015
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Nostalgia is a topic that most lay people are familiar with, but, until recently, few social scientists understood. Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia is now considered to be an important psychological resource. It involves revisiting personally cherished memories that involve close others. When people engage in nostalgia, they experience a boost in positive psychological states such as positive mood, feelings of social connectedness, self-esteem, self-continuity, and perceptions of meaning in life. Since nostalgia promotes these positive states, when people experience negative states (such as loneliness or meaninglessness), they use nostalgia to regulate distress.

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