TY - JOUR
T1 - Nostalgia-Evoked Inspiration
T2 - Mediating Mechanisms and Motivational Implications
AU - Stephan, Elena
AU - Sedikides, Constantine
AU - Wildschut, Tim
AU - Cheung, Wing Yee
AU - Routledge, Clay
AU - Arndt, Jamie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © 2015 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
PY - 2015/10/19
Y1 - 2015/10/19
N2 - Six studies examined the nostalgia–inspiration link and its motivational implications. In Study 1, nostalgia proneness was positively associated with inspiration frequency and intensity. In Studies 2 and 3, the recollection of nostalgic (vs. ordinary) experiences increased both general inspiration and specific inspiration to engage in exploratory activities. In Study 4, serial mediational analyses supported a model in which nostalgia increases social connectedness, which subsequently fosters self-esteem, which then boosts inspiration. In Study 5, a rigorous evaluation of this serial mediational model (with a novel nostalgia induction controlling for positive affect) reinforced the idea that nostalgia-elicited social connectedness increases self-esteem, which then heightens inspiration. Study 6 extended the serial mediational model by demonstrating that nostalgia-evoked inspiration predicts goal pursuit (intentions to pursue an important goal). Nostalgia spawns inspiration via social connectedness and attendant self-esteem. In turn, nostalgia-evoked inspiration bolsters motivation.
AB - Six studies examined the nostalgia–inspiration link and its motivational implications. In Study 1, nostalgia proneness was positively associated with inspiration frequency and intensity. In Studies 2 and 3, the recollection of nostalgic (vs. ordinary) experiences increased both general inspiration and specific inspiration to engage in exploratory activities. In Study 4, serial mediational analyses supported a model in which nostalgia increases social connectedness, which subsequently fosters self-esteem, which then boosts inspiration. In Study 5, a rigorous evaluation of this serial mediational model (with a novel nostalgia induction controlling for positive affect) reinforced the idea that nostalgia-elicited social connectedness increases self-esteem, which then heightens inspiration. Study 6 extended the serial mediational model by demonstrating that nostalgia-evoked inspiration predicts goal pursuit (intentions to pursue an important goal). Nostalgia spawns inspiration via social connectedness and attendant self-esteem. In turn, nostalgia-evoked inspiration bolsters motivation.
KW - inspiration
KW - motivation
KW - nostalgia
KW - self-esteem
KW - social connectedness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941790349&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0146167215596985
DO - 10.1177/0146167215596985
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C2 - 26228477
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 41
SP - 1395
EP - 1410
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 10
ER -