Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions

While previous studies have explored emotions in nostalgia in a "unified" view, a distinction between the emotions that may occur resulting from the specific type of nostalgia experienced has not been made. This study examines emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or...

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Main Author: Marchegiani, Chris
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Marketing, Curtin Business School 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26744
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description While previous studies have explored emotions in nostalgia in a "unified" view, a distinction between the emotions that may occur resulting from the specific type of nostalgia experienced has not been made. This study examines emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or Historical Nostalgia with an experimental research design. Although some emotions are common between the groups some distinctly different emotions are found as a result of the type of nostalgia experienced. This research assists in clarifying the difference in respondent's reactions to the two nostalgic types and supports the postulation that the two appeals are distinctly different.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-267442017-01-30T12:55:07Z Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions Marchegiani, Chris Emotional response Advertising appeal Emotional reactions Experimental research Nostalgia While previous studies have explored emotions in nostalgia in a "unified" view, a distinction between the emotions that may occur resulting from the specific type of nostalgia experienced has not been made. This study examines emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or Historical Nostalgia with an experimental research design. Although some emotions are common between the groups some distinctly different emotions are found as a result of the type of nostalgia experienced. This research assists in clarifying the difference in respondent's reactions to the two nostalgic types and supports the postulation that the two appeals are distinctly different. 2009 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26744 School of Marketing, Curtin Business School fulltext
spellingShingle Emotional response
Advertising appeal
Emotional reactions
Experimental research
Nostalgia
Marchegiani, Chris
Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title_full Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title_fullStr Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title_full_unstemmed Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title_short Personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
title_sort personal vs. historical nostalgia: a division of emotions
topic Emotional response
Advertising appeal
Emotional reactions
Experimental research
Nostalgia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26744