Individualist and Collectivist Differences in Self-Reported Valence When Recalling a Nostalgic Experience

Amber Benson

Prior research has not adequately identified variations in nostalgia valence across cultures. In my study, I will recruit participants from collectivistic and individualistic cultures, create a baseline condition, and follow it with an experimental condition in which they write about a nostalgia experience, and rate their emotions along two unipolar valence dimensions using the Evaluative Space Model. My expected findings include a higher negative valence when experiencing nostalgia in collectivistic cultures compared to individualistic cultures.

Major: 
Psychology
Exhibition Category: 
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Michelle Yarwood
Poster Number: 
16879