| When | Nostalgia | Tilts to Sad: Anticipatory and |
| Personal | Nostalgia | |
| has showcased many benefits of | nostalgia | , but its |
| data highlighted | nostalgia | ’s mixed valence and suggested |
| that | nostalgia | |
| adaptive or maladaptive dimensions of | nostalgia | have not |
| Recently, a focus on when | nostalgia | is |
| of anticipatory | nostalgia | , missing the present prematurely before |
| become past. Distinct from personal | nostalgia | , anticipatory |
| nostalgia | was found to be characterized |
| nostalgia | by exploring the relationship between |
| dispositional | nostalgia | and reported experience with happy |
| stories. The | Nostalgia | Inventory, the Survey of Anticipatory |
| Nostalgia | |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | did not differ in frequency |
| nostalgia | , consistent with the distinction between |
| nostalgia | for the |
| past and | nostalgia | for what is still present |
| In contrast to | nostalgia | ’s dark origins in medical |
| contemporary researchers have largely rediscovered | nostalgia | |
| contradicted historical arguments that | nostalgia | reflects an inability |
| unfavorable aspects of | nostalgia | by highlighting its distinctive |
| most studies have found that | nostalgia | |
| 2019). The extent to which | nostalgia | is |
| variable is the timing of | nostalgia | |
| experience that unfolds over time, | nostalgia | ’s |
| When | nostalgia | focuses on loss that has |
| to the past. Dubbed anticipatory | nostalgia | , such |
| premature | nostalgia | has been introduced as a |
| al., 2019). A form of | nostalgia | by |
| can be distinguished from personal | nostalgia | . Personal |
| nostalgia | is missing what has been |
| lost, whereas anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| not yet been lost. Anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| abstract construal, anticipatory | nostalgia | might engender psychological |
| Anticipatory | nostalgia | should not be confused with |
| nostalgia. Anticipated | nostalgia | is the prediction or expectation |
| in the present. Predicting future | nostalgia | is an |
| nostalgic missing. Expecting future | nostalgia | has been shown to predict |
| nostalgia | after an important life transition |
| likelihood of expecting future | nostalgia | for more positive experiences |
| or valued events. Expecting future | nostalgia | was associated |
| the experience, and post-transition | nostalgia | |
| is not clear whether anticipatory | nostalgia | , premature |
| present, shares the benefits of | nostalgia | for |
| the sadness of loss, anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| disadvantages of anticipatory nostalgia assessed anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | as a construct distinguishable from |
| nostalgia | (Batcho and Shikh, 2016). Unlike |
| nostalgia, dispositional anticipatory | nostalgia | was characterized by a |
| relationship between | nostalgia | and experience with stories. A |
| of the existing research on | nostalgia | has examined |
| during childhood generated | nostalgia | and played pivotal roles in |
| stories and personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| stories. If experiencing | nostalgia | prematurely is less adaptive than |
| what is already past, anticipatory | nostalgia | will be aligned |
| reactions to stories, whereas personal | nostalgia | will |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | is associated with greater exposure |
| nostalgia | with sadness reflects an overall |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | would be expected to correlate |
| of sad stories. If anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| expected to correlate with anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| processing, anticipatory | nostalgia | will be associated with greater |
| completed paper forms of the | Nostalgia | Inventory, the Survey of |
| Anticipatory | Nostalgia | , selected items from Watson and |
| The Nostalgia Inventory assessed personal | nostalgia | as a dispositional |
| definition of | nostalgia | as the longing for one |
| the | Nostalgia | Inventory yielded an acceptable level |
| The Survey of Anticipatory | Nostalgia | focuses on future loss rather |
| Nostalgia | Inventory correlated moderately with mean |
| Survey of Anticipatory | Nostalgia | , r[(][142][)] = 0.52, p |
| not differ in average personal | nostalgia | scores, t(1 |
| 18) scored higher in anticipatory | nostalgia | than did men (M = 5 |
| Nostalgia | and Positive and Negative Affect |
| evidence for anticipatory | nostalgia | as a distinct construct. Ratings |
| measure of sadness. Personal | nostalgia | was not correlated with |
| p = 0.136, whereas anticipatory | nostalgia | correlated |
| Nostalgia | and Experience With Happy and |
| relationship of personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | to exposure and |
| independent measures. Neither type of | nostalgia | |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | have not experienced happy and |
| sad stories. Neither type of | nostalgia | correlated significantly with |
| nostalgia | does not reflect an underlying |
| correlations of personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | both correlated with sadness induced |
| stories, but only personal | nostalgia | correlated significantly with |
| and anticipatory | nostalgia | differed in cognitive engagement with |
| stories. Personal | nostalgia | correlated with learning from happy |
| stories, whereas anticipatory | nostalgia | correlated with learning from |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | and a tendency to be |
| nostalgia | may be less reactive to |
| that people prone to anticipatory | nostalgia | process sad |
| nostalgia | are more reactive to happy |
| Contributions of | Nostalgia | and Stories to Mood |
| The contributions of | nostalgia | and stories to dispositional mood |
| and mean ratings from the | Nostalgia | Inventory and the Survey of |
| Anticipatory | Nostalgia | independent variables. The role of |
| 0.223, gender, personal nostalgia, and anticipatory | nostalgia | were not |
| 2 = 0.055, gender, personal | nostalgia | , and |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | were not significant. Dispositional sadness |
| associated with personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | . Not allowing |
| anticipatory | nostalgia | . Further research is needed also |
| understanding of adaptive functions of | nostalgia | would be |
| prone to personal or anticipatory | nostalgia | were |
| how those prone to | nostalgia | learn or benefit from happy |
| reinforced the importance of when | nostalgia | is |
| of anticipatory nostalgia as distinguishable from personal | nostalgia | |
| processes in personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| functions of | nostalgia | within a meaningful practical context |
| current study, personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| the distinction. Personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | both |
| participants prone to anticipatory | nostalgia | are not more sensitive to |
| sad stories. However, only personal | nostalgia | was associated with being |
| happy stories, suggesting that anticipatory | nostalgia | may |
| personal | nostalgia | was related to greater likelihood |
| happy stories, whereas anticipatory | nostalgia | was associated with |
| research differentiated personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | by |
| nostalgia | both include missing, longing or |
| nostalgia | , we enjoy valued aspects of |
| them twice. In anticipatory | nostalgia | , we have only the present |
| participants prone to anticipatory | nostalgia | had reported a greater |
| but anticipatory | nostalgia | did not predict generalized sadness |
| Consistent with prior research, anticipatory | nostalgia | did not |
| prone to anticipatory | nostalgia | are not generally unhappy |
| Given that personal and anticipatory | nostalgia | are both emotional |
| dynamics in the relationship of | nostalgia | to the impact |
| nostalgia | may be more likely to |
| distinguish personal from anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| from sad stories with anticipatory | nostalgia | |
| determine if anticipatory | nostalgia | can be constructive in certain |
| distance, as anticipatory | nostalgia | allows loss to be confronted |
| nostalgia | , the benefits of learning from |
| adaptive cognitive functions of anticipatory | nostalgia | |
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| Keywords: personal nostalgia, anticipatory | nostalgia | , stories |
| Citation: Batcho KI (2020) When | Nostalgia | Tilts to Sad: Anticipatory |
| and Personal | Nostalgia | . Front. Psychol. 11:1186. doi |
| Current Issues in | Nostalgia | Research |