Marketing Department, Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.
Center for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Sci Rep. 2024 May 19;14(1):11425. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61858-x.
We addressed the relation between nostalgia and moral judgment or behavior. We hypothesized that nostalgia, a social emotion, increases moral concern (H1), nostalgia intensifies punitiveness against moral transgressors (H2), and that the nostalgia-punitiveness link is mediated by moral concern (H3). We conducted three cross-sectional (Studies 1, 2, 4) and one experimental (Study 3) investigations (N = 1145). The investigations, involving distinct operationalizations of the relevant constructs (nostalgia, moral concern, punitiveness) and diverse samples (U.S., Canadian, and European Prolific workers, French business school students, Dutch community members), yielded results consistent with the hypotheses. Nostalgia keeps one's moral compass in check. The findings enrich the emotions and morality literatures.
我们探讨了怀旧与道德判断或行为之间的关系。我们假设,怀旧作为一种社会情感,会增加道德关注(假设 1),对道德违规者的惩罚性也会增强(假设 2),而怀旧与惩罚之间的联系是由道德关注介导的(假设 3)。我们进行了三项横断面研究(研究 1、2、4)和一项实验研究(研究 3)(N=1145)。这些研究涉及相关构念(怀旧、道德关注、惩罚性)的不同操作化和不同样本(美国、加拿大和欧洲的 Prolific 工作者、法国商学院学生、荷兰社区成员),结果与假设一致。怀旧能让人保持道德指南针的方向。研究结果丰富了情感和道德文献。