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   J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Sep;101(3):638-52. doi: 10.1037/a0024292.

The past makes the present meaningful: nostalgia as an existential resource.

   Routledge C^1, Arndt J, Wildschut T, Sedikides C, Hart CM, Juhl J,
   Vingerhoets AJ, Schlotz W.

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     * ^1Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo,
       ND 58105-5075, USA. Clay.Routledge@ndsu.edu

Abstract

   The present research tested the proposition that nostalgia serves an
   existential function by bolstering a sense of meaning in life. Study 1
   found that nostalgia was positively associated with a sense of meaning
   in life. Study 2 experimentally demonstrated that nostalgia increases a
   sense of meaning in life. In both studies, the link between nostalgia
   and increased meaning in life was mediated by feelings of social
   connectedness. Study 3 evidenced that threatened meaning increases
   nostalgia. Study 4 illustrated that nostalgia, in turn, reduces
   defensiveness following a meaning threat. Finally, Studies 5 and 6
   showed that nostalgia disrupts the link between meaning deficits and
   compromised psychological well-being. Collectively, these findings
   indicate that the provision of existential meaning is a pivotal
   function of nostalgia.

   PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved.

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