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Mental transportation mediates nostalgia’s psychological benefits

Nicholas D. Evansa Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Joseph Reyesa Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USAView further author information
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Tim Wildschutb Centre for Research on Self and Identity, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-5487View further author information
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Constantine Sedikidesb Centre for Research on Self and Identity, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7563-306XView further author information
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Adam K. Fettermana Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA;c Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USAView further author information
Pages 84-95 | Received 01 Jul 2020, Accepted 03 Aug 2020, Published online: 12 Aug 2020

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Olga Bialobrzeska, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2023) From nostalgia, through communion, to psychological benefits: the moderating role of narcissism. Self and Identity 22:6, pages 950-972.
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Hiroka Ikeda & Takashi Kusumi. (2023) Episodic memory and personal semantics as triggers of nostalgia: its relationships between abstraction of memory content and temporal distance. Memory 31:6, pages 784-801.
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Elena Stephan & Constantine Sedikides. (2023) Mental Time Travel as Self-Affirmation. Personality and Social Psychology Review 28:2, pages 181-208.
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Yige Yin, Tonglin Jiang, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2024) Nostalgia, Ritual Engagement, and Meaning in Life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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Adam K. Fetterman, Nicholas D. Evans, Eriksen P. Ravey, Perla R. Henderson, Bao Han L. Tran & Ryan L. Boyd. (2024) The Topics of Nostalgic Recall: The Benefits of Nostalgia Depend on the Topics That One Recalls. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
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Esha Naidu, Shira Gabriel, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2023) Reliving the Good Old Days: Nostalgia Increases Psychological Wellbeing Through Collective Effervescence. Social Psychological and Personality Science 15:1, pages 22-32.
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Yuqi Wang, Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, Ying Yang & Huajian Cai. (2023) Distress prospectively predicts higher nostalgia, and nostalgia prospectively predicts lower distress. Journal of Personality 91:6, pages 1478-1492.
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Xi Zou, Dan J. Wang, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides & Dan Cable. (2023) Cultural distances between home and host countries inspire sojourners to engage in intercultural exchange upon repatriation. Scientific Reports 13:1.
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Jia Chen, Kristin Layous, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2023) Identifying nostalgia in text: The development and validation of the nostalgia dictionary. Journal of Consumer Psychology 33:4, pages 728-742.
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Yuwan Dai, Tonglin Jiang, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2023) Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
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Adam K. Fetterman & Nicholas D. Evans. (2023) Remembering our first date brings back those fuzzy feelings: The role of romantic nostalgia in relationship functioning. Current Opinion in Psychology 49, pages 101524.
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Wing-Yee Cheung. (2023) Anticipated nostalgia. Current Opinion in Psychology 49, pages 101521.
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Bin Li, Qin Zhu, Aimei Li & Rubo Cui. (2023) Can Good Memories of the Past Instill Happiness? Nostalgia Improves Subjective Well-Being by Increasing Gratitude. Journal of Happiness Studies 24:2, pages 699-715.
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Nicholas J. Kelley, William E. Davis, Jianning Dang, Li Liu, Tim Wildschut & Constantine Sedikides. (2022) Nostalgia confers psychological wellbeing by increasing authenticity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 102, pages 104379.
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Nicholas D. Evans, Jacob Juhl, Erica G. Hepper, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides & Adam K. Fetterman. (2022) Romantic nostalgia as a resource for healthy relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 39:7, pages 2181-2206.
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Emily K. Hong, Constantine Sedikides & Tim Wildschut. (2021) How Does Nostalgia Conduce to Global Self-Continuity? The Roles of Identity Narrative, Associative Links, and Stability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 48:5, pages 735-749.
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Constantine Sedikides & Tim Wildschut. (2022) Nostalgia across cultures. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 16, pages 183449092210916.
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Rogelio Puente-Díaz & Judith Cavazos-Arroyo. (2021) Fighting Social Isolation With Nostalgia: Nostalgia as a Resource for Feeling Connected and Appreciated and Instilling Optimism and Vitality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
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