TY - JOUR
T1 - The I in us
T2 - personality influences the expression of collective nostalgia
AU - Stefaniak, Anna
AU - Wohl, Michael J. A.
AU - Blais, Julie
AU - Pruysers, Scott
N1 - Funding information: Data collection was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant (#: 430-2018- 00950; PI: Julie Blais, Scott Pruysers). Manuscript preparation was partially supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant (#: 435–2019–0692; PI: Michael Wohl).
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Inspired by calls for a greater integration of personality and social psychology, we tested whether personality traits (measured using the HEXACO model) predicted the expression of collective nostalgia-a group-based emotion that reflects sentimental longing for the past of one's social group. Results of a representative sample study conducted among Canadians showed that personality traits predicted the content of the collective nostalgia group members felt, above and beyond individual level socio-demographic characteristics and political orientation. Openness-focused nostalgia was predicted by greater openness to experience, agreeableness, and emotionality, whereas nostalgia for a homogenous society of the past was predicted by lower scores on honesty-humility and openness to experiences as well as greater emotionality and agreeableness. These findings show that individual and group-level phenomena are intertwined, which may help explain intra-group variation in beliefs and behaviors.
AB - Inspired by calls for a greater integration of personality and social psychology, we tested whether personality traits (measured using the HEXACO model) predicted the expression of collective nostalgia-a group-based emotion that reflects sentimental longing for the past of one's social group. Results of a representative sample study conducted among Canadians showed that personality traits predicted the content of the collective nostalgia group members felt, above and beyond individual level socio-demographic characteristics and political orientation. Openness-focused nostalgia was predicted by greater openness to experience, agreeableness, and emotionality, whereas nostalgia for a homogenous society of the past was predicted by lower scores on honesty-humility and openness to experiences as well as greater emotionality and agreeableness. These findings show that individual and group-level phenomena are intertwined, which may help explain intra-group variation in beliefs and behaviors.
KW - Collective nostalgia
KW - Personality
KW - HEXACO
KW - Openness-focused nostalgia
KW - Homogeneity-focused nostalgia
KW - Political orientation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85120076135
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111392
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111392
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 187
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 111392
ER -