Nostalgia as a Resource for the Self

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Nostalgia Weakens the Desire for Money (2014, unknown): “Memories elicited by nostalgia largely feature the self surrounded by close others (Holak and Havlena 1998; Vess et al. 2012; Wildschut et al. 2006).”
Slowing Down in the Good Old Days: The Effect of Nostalgia on Consumer Patience (2016, background): “Nostalgia can motivate social interaction (Holak and Havlena 1998; Vess et al. 2012; Wildschut et al. 2006).”
To nostalgize: mixing memory with affect and desire (2015, background): “We (Vess et al., 2012, Experiment 1) reasoned that imagining a future positive event would likely engender perceptions of self-positivity, making this a stringent control condition.”
Exploring Nostalgia's Influence on Psychological Growth (2014, result): “While previous findings have highlighted the buffering function of nostalgia against threats to self-esteem (Vess et al., 2012), our research goes further to suggest that in providing a sense of self-esteem, nostalgia subsequently bolsters both perceptions of the self as interested in exploration…”