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SUMMARY:Nostalgia as a social support repository: The role of attachment-r
 elated avoidance - Dr. Tim Wildschut (University of Southampton)
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CONTACT:Dr. Nicholas Gibson
DESCRIPTION:I will present evidence supporting the conceptualization of no
 stalgia as a support-seeking mechanism that serves to regulate distress by
  strengthening social bonds. Evidence from a number of methodologically di
 verse studies shows that nostalgia is triggered by loneliness\, that nosta
 lgia increases perceived social support\, and that\, by so doing\, nostalg
 ia counteracts detrimental effects of loneliness. Consistent with the prin
 ciple that persons who are low (compared to high) in attachment-related av
 oidance regulate distress by seeking proximity to close others\, more rece
 nt results further revealed that the link between loneliness and nostalgia
  was stronger when avoidance was low (compared to high) and that persons w
 ho are low (compared to high) in attachment-related avoidance derive more 
 social support from nostalgia. Regarded for centuries as a neurological or
  psychological ailment\, nostalgia is now emerging as a human strength.
LOCATION:PPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane)
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