Nostalgia as a repository of social connectedness

The role of attachment-related avoidance

Bibliographic Data

ID6207323
AuthorsTim Wildschut (0000-0002-6499-5487, University of Southampton), Constantine Sedikides (0000-0002-7563-306X, University of Southampton), Clay Routledge (North Dakota State University), Jamie Arndt (University of Missouri), Filippo Cordaro (University of Southampton)
Year2010
Volume98
Issue4
Pages573-586
Publication date2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0017597
PMID20307130
OpenAlexW2048370584
LanguageEN
Citations received111
References cited32

Individuals who are low (compared with high) in attachment-related avoidance rely on social bonds to regulate distress, and the authors hypothesized that nostalgia can be a repository of such social connectedness. Studies 1-3 showed a positive association between loneliness and nostalgia when attachment-related avoidance was low, but not when it was high. Study 4 revealed that low-avoidance individuals derived more social connectedness from nostalgia than did high-avoidance individuals. Study 5 extended these findings and demonstrated that, in addition to being a source of social connectedness, nostalgia increased participants' perceived capacity to provide emotional support to others. As in the case of social connectedness, this beneficial effect of nostalgia was significantly stronger when attachment-related avoidance was low (compared with high)

Association (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Distress · Loneliness · Personal distress · Psychotherapist · Social connectedness · Clinical Psychology · Media Influence and Health · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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