A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia

This research examines the differences in emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or Historical Nostalgic reactions to advertising appeals using an experimental research design. Five emotions common to both conditions are revealed and significant changes in intensity of these em...

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Main Author: Marchegiani, Chris
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Marketing, Curtin Business School 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47418
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description This research examines the differences in emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or Historical Nostalgic reactions to advertising appeals using an experimental research design. Five emotions common to both conditions are revealed and significant changes in intensity of these emotions are examined. As hypothesized, Upbeat / Elation, Loss / Regret, and Warm / Tender related emotions are significantly more intense under the Personal Nostalgic condition compared to the Historical. However, Negative / Irritation and Serenity / Calm related emotions did not significantly alter. This research highlights the need to treat Nostalgia as two separate appeals and provides insight useful to practitioners about consumer's reactions to each specific appeal. It also suggests the need for future research into Personal and Historical Nostalgia's effect on various other consumer behavior responses.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-474182017-01-30T15:33:09Z A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia Marchegiani, Chris Consumer behaviour advertising effectiveness advertising marketing strategy This research examines the differences in emotional responses of 806 respondents experiencing Personal or Historical Nostalgic reactions to advertising appeals using an experimental research design. Five emotions common to both conditions are revealed and significant changes in intensity of these emotions are examined. As hypothesized, Upbeat / Elation, Loss / Regret, and Warm / Tender related emotions are significantly more intense under the Personal Nostalgic condition compared to the Historical. However, Negative / Irritation and Serenity / Calm related emotions did not significantly alter. This research highlights the need to treat Nostalgia as two separate appeals and provides insight useful to practitioners about consumer's reactions to each specific appeal. It also suggests the need for future research into Personal and Historical Nostalgia's effect on various other consumer behavior responses. 2010 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47418 School of Marketing, Curtin Business School fulltext
spellingShingle Consumer behaviour
advertising effectiveness
advertising
marketing strategy
Marchegiani, Chris
A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title_full A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title_fullStr A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title_short A comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
title_sort comparison of two common emotions: personal and historical nostalgia
topic Consumer behaviour
advertising effectiveness
advertising
marketing strategy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47418