Nostalgia as a Resource for the Self

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-284

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

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Nostalgia; Self; Self concept accessibility; Self serving bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858231677     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2010.521452     Document Type: Article

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