Counteracting Loneliness
Abstract
Four studies tested whether nostalgia can counteract reductions in perceived social support caused by loneliness. Loneliness reduced perceptions of social support but increased nostalgia. Nostalgia, in turn, increased perceptions of social support. Thus, loneliness affected perceived social support in two distinct ways. Whereas the direct effect of loneliness was to reduce perceived social support, the indirect effect of loneliness was to...
Paper Details
Title
Counteracting Loneliness
Published Date
Oct 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
19
Issue
10
Pages
1023 - 1029
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