The past makes the present meaningful: nostalgia as an existential resource
The current research tested the proposition that nostalgia serves an existential function by bolstering a sense of meaning in life. Study 1found that nostalgia was positively associated with a sense of meaning in life. Study 2 experimentally demonstrated that nostalgia increases a sense of meaning i...
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| Language: | English |
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2011-09.
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