Counteracting loneliness: On the restorative function of nostalgia

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1023-1029

  Zhou, Xinyue ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Wildschut, Tim ^b   Gao, Ding Guo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 55449123407     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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