Nostalgia: Past, present, and future

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 304-307

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^b   Routledge, Clay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Existential meaning; Nostalgia; Positive affect; Self esteem; Social connectedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049121438     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00595.x     Document Type: Review

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