Juhl Jacob, Wildschut Tim, Sedikides Constantine, Xiong Xiling, Zhou Xinyue
Department of Psychology.
School of Management.
Emotion. 2021 Apr;21(3):631-643. doi: 10.1037/emo0000720. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
Individuals are often reluctant to seek help from others. Nostalgia is a highly social emotion that bolsters perceptions of connectedness with others. In 6 studies, we investigated whether nostalgia reduces individuals' general reluctance to reach out to others for help by virtue of its capacity to strengthen social connectedness (i.e., a sense of acceptance and support). In a preliminary study, we measured nostalgia, 6 comparator emotions, and help seeking. Nostalgia predicted help seeking, independently of the comparator emotions. In Experiments 1 through 4, we induced nostalgia (vs. control) and subsequently measured self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1 through 2), help-seeking behavior (Experiments 3 through 4), and social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). Nostalgia increased self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1 and 2) and help-seeking behavior (Experiments 3 and 4), and these effects were mediated by social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). In Experiment 5, we manipulated the social content of nostalgic reflections and measured help-seeking behavior. Nostalgia pertaining to social (but not to nonsocial) past events increased help seeking. In all, nostalgia is a resource that facilitates help seeking by fostering social connectedness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
人们通常不愿意向他人寻求帮助。怀旧是一种高度社会化的情感，它能增强人们与他人的联系感。在6项研究中，我们调查了怀旧是否凭借其增强社会联系（即接受和支持感）的能力，来降低个体普遍存在的不愿向他人求助的心理。在一项初步研究中，我们测量了怀旧情绪、6种对照情绪以及求助行为。怀旧情绪能够预测求助行为，且不受对照情绪的影响。在实验1至4中，我们诱发了怀旧情绪（与对照组相比），随后测量了自我报告的求助意愿（实验1至2）、求助行为（实验3至4）以及社会联系（实验2和4）。怀旧情绪增加了自我报告的求助意愿（实验1和2）以及求助行为（实验3和4），并且这些效应是由社会联系介导的（实验2和4）。在实验5中，我们操控了怀旧回忆的社会内容，并测量了求助行为。与社会（而非非社会）过去事件相关的怀旧情绪增加了求助行为。总之，怀旧是一种通过促进社会联系来推动求助行为的资源。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》（c）2021美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
