Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, is an ambivalent–albeit more positive than
negative–emotion. Nostalgia is infused with sociality, as it refers to important figures from …

Nostalgia has endured a negative reputation, being branded an unhealthy preoccupation
with one's past. This reputation is unwarranted. Nostalgia has remarkable implications for …

Nostalgia—defined as sentimental longing for one's past—is a self-relevant, albeit deeply
social, and an ambivalent, albeit more positive than negative, emotion. As nostalgia brings …

Nostalgia is a self-conscious, bittersweet but predominantly positive and fundamentally
social emotion. It arises from fond memories mixed with yearning about one's childhood …

Nostalgia is a mixed emotion. Recent empirical research, however, has highlighted positive
effects of nostalgia, suggesting it is a predominantly positive emotion. When measured as an …

Nostalgia is a resource that functions, in part, as a response to self‐discontinuity and a
source of self‐continuity. We tested and supported this regulatory role of nostalgia in the …

This research examined the proposition that nostalgia is not simply a past-oriented emotion,
but its scope extends into the future, and, in particular, a positive future. We adopted a …

Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for one's past, predicts or augments psychological
wellbeing (PWB). We hypothesized that it does so—at least in part—via authenticity, a sense …

We conducted an integrative data analysis to examine the hedonic character of nostalgia.
We combined positive and negative affect measures from 41 experiments manipulating …

We formulated, tested, and supported, in 6 studies, a theoretical model according to which
individuals use nostalgia as a way to reinject meaningfulness in their lives when they …