School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
J Pers. 2023 Dec;91(6):1478-1492. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12824. Epub 2023 Mar 25.
We were concerned with the relation between distress and nostalgia. At the state level, extensive research has established that momentary nostalgia is evoked by (experimentally manipulated) distress. However, at the trait level, the directionality of this relation is unclear. We conducted a longitudinal study to clarify the directional relation between these two constructs.
We surveyed first-year university students (N = 3167) twice across six months. We assessed nostalgia, psychological distress (depression), and physical distress (somatization) at both timepoints. We also assessed Big Five personality at the first timepoint.
Initial distress prospectively predicted increased nostalgia, and initial nostalgia prospectively predicted reduced distress, six months later and independently of the Big Five.
Habitual nostalgia follows rather than precedes naturalistically occurring distress and serves to relieve it.
我们关注的是痛苦和怀旧之间的关系。在状态水平上，广泛的研究已经确立了瞬间的怀旧是由（实验性地操纵的）痛苦引起的。然而，在特质水平上，这种关系的方向尚不清楚。我们进行了一项纵向研究，以澄清这两个结构之间的定向关系。
我们在六个月内两次调查了一年级大学生（N=3167）。我们在两个时间点评估了怀旧、心理困扰（抑郁）和身体困扰（躯体化）。我们还在第一个时间点评估了大五人格。
初始痛苦预示着六个月后怀旧感的增加，而初始怀旧感预示着痛苦的减轻，且与大五人格无关。
习惯性的怀旧感是在自然发生的痛苦之后出现的，而不是之前出现的，它可以缓解痛苦。
