Individual differences in nostalgia proneness: The integrating role of the need to belong

Nostalgia Weakens the Desire for Money

“…The need to belong predicts the frequency with which one experiences nostalgia (Seehusen et al 2013). Also, activating the need to belong increases participants' propensity to become nostalgic.…”

“…One conceptualization describes nostalgia as a preference for things from the past (Holbrook 1993;Holbrook and Schindler 1989, 1991, 1994Schindler and Holbrook 2003;Seehusen et al 2013). For example, Holbrook and Schindler (1991, p. 330) defined nostalgia as "a preference (general liking, positive attitude, or favorable affect) toward objects (people, places, or things) that were more common (popular, fashionable, or widely circulated) when one was younger (in early adulthood, in adolescence, in childhood, or even before birth)."…”

“…Also, activating the need to belong increases participants' propensity to become nostalgic. For example, participants who are told that they will end up alone in the future (rather than have rewarding relationships throughout life) report higher levels of state nostalgia (Seehusen et al 2013).…”

Nostalgia and Self-Enhancement

“…We also assessed relational-interdependent self-construal or the general tendency to think of oneself in terms of close relationships. Previous studies indicated that nostalgia-prone individuals have a preference for activities with other people (Batcho, 1998) and a strong need to belong (Seehusen et al, 2013). In turn, relationalinterdependent self-construal has been linked with increased self-enhancement, in particular on communal traits/collectivistic attributes (e.g., "I am a better than average listener"; Kurman, 2001;Sedikides, Gaertner, & Toguchi, 2003).…”

Nostalgia buffers the negative impact of low procedural justice on cooperation

“…Given our broad operationalizations of procedural justice and cooperation, we likewise operationalized nostalgia as individual differences in nostalgia proneness. Persons who are high (vs. low) in nostalgia proneness cope effectively with adversity (Routledge, Arndt, Sedikides, & Wildschut, 2008;Seehusen et al, 2013), because they recruit nostalgia in relevant situations (Barrett et al, 2010;Juhl, Routledge, Arndt, Sedikides, & Wildschut, 2010).…”