What's Left Behind: Identity Continuity Moderates the Effect of Nostalgia on Well-Being and Life Choices

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-108

  Iyer, Aarti ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Identity continuity; Life transitions; Nostalgia; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959834550     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022496     Document Type: Article

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