Nostalgia as a resource for psychological health and well-being

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 808-818

  Routledge, Clay ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Juhl, Jacob ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84887097898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12070     Document Type: Article

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