Abstract

Nostalgia is a mixed emotion, often evoked by music. This study sought to conceptually replicate and extend Barrett et al.’s (see record 2010-09991-008) pioneering work exploring music-evoked nostalgia, where the authors identified person-and context-level predictors of the experience of nostalgia in music. In a sample of 582 adults across the United States, we identified self-selected nostalgic and musically matched nonnostalgic, familiar songs for each individual, using an online survey in 2021. The participants listened to music and indicated feelings of valence and arousal, followed by assessments of affect (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Short Form) and personality (Ten-Item Personality Inventory, Brief Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales, and Southampton Nostalgia Scale). Nostalgic songs were rated higher in valence and arousal than familiar, nonnostalgic control songs, and higher in mixed …

Metadata

publication

Emotion, 2024

year

2024

publication date

2024/6/24

authors

Sarah Hennessy, Timothy Greer, Shrikanth Narayanan, Assal Habibi

link

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-97717-001

journal

Emotion

publisher

American Psychological Association