Aesthetic perception and judgement are not merely cognitive processes, but also involve
feelings. Therefore, the empirical study of these experiences requires conceptualization and …

Historically, nostalgia has been viewed as a disease of the brain or the mind. However, in
recent years, nostalgia has received a conceptual rehabilitation due to a revival of scholarly …

The COVID-19 pandemic has hampered consumers' psychological well-being and the travel
industry. Secondary evidence suggests a revenge travel phenomenon. This study theorizes …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

Nostalgia—defined as sentimental longing for one's past—is a self-relevant, albeit deeply
social, and an ambivalent, albeit more positive than negative, emotion. As nostalgia brings …

Nostalgia is a self-conscious, bittersweet but predominantly positive and fundamentally
social emotion. It arises from fond memories mixed with yearning about one's childhood …

Nostalgia is a resource that functions, in part, as a response to self‐discontinuity and a
source of self‐continuity. We tested and supported this regulatory role of nostalgia in the …

Although a consensus exists in the literature regarding the operationalization of the affective
component of destination image, interestingly there is no agreement on the …

This research examined the proposition that nostalgia is not simply a past-oriented emotion,
but its scope extends into the future, and, in particular, a positive future. We adopted a …

Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for one's past, predicts or augments psychological
wellbeing (PWB). We hypothesized that it does so—at least in part—via authenticity, a sense …