Regaining In-Group Continuity in Times of Anxiety About the Group’s Future : A Study on the Role of Collective Nostalgia Across 27 Countries
Smeekes, A.N.; Jetten, J.; Verkuyten, M.J.A.M.; Wohl, M.J.A.; Jasinskaja-Lahti, I.; Ariyanto, A.; Autin, F.; Ayub, N.; Badea, C.; Besta, T.; Butera, F.; Costa-Lopes, R.; Cui, L.; Fantini, C.; Finchilescu, G.; Gaertner, L.; Gollwitzer, M.; Gómez, A.; González, R.; Hong, Y.Y.; Høj Jensen, D.; Karasawa, M.; Kessler, T.; Klein, O.; Lima, M.; Renvik, T.A.; Megevand, L.; Morton, T.; Paladino, P.; Polya, T.; Ruza, A.; Shahrazad, W.; Sharma, S.; Teymoori, A.; Torres, A.R.; Bles, A.M. van der
(2018) Social Psychology, volume 49, issue 6, pp. 311 - 329
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Abstract
Collective nostalgia for the good old days of the country thrives across the world. However, little is known about the social
psychological dynamics of this collective emotion across cultures. We predicted that collective nostalgia is triggered by collective angst as it
helps people to restore a sense of in-group continuity via stronger
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in-group belonging and out-group rejection (in the form of opposition to
immigrants). Based on a sample (N = 5,956) of individuals across 27 countries, the general pattern of results revealed that collective angst
predicts collective nostalgia, which subsequently relates to stronger feelings of in-group continuity via in-group belonging (but not via out-group
rejection). Collective nostalgia generally predicted opposition to immigrants, but this was subsequently not related to in-group continuity.
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Keywords: collective nostalgia, collective angst, continuity, belonging, immigrants, cross-cultural, Taverne
ISSN: 1864-9335
Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
