The mnemonic mover: Nostalgia regulates avoidance and approach motivation

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-561

  Stephan, Elena ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Zhou, Xinyue ^c   He, Wuming ^c   Routledge, Clay ^d   Cheung, Wing Yee ^b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Avoidance motivation; Nostalgia; Nostalgia proneness; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NOSTALGIA; PERSONALITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901829392     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035673     Document Type: Article

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