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. 2017 Mar 3;13(1):109–128. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v13i1.1202

Table 5. Frequency of Agreement With the Items of the Scale Sentimentality and Nostalgia Related to the Past in Elderly People in Bulgaria.

Item Agreement (both strongly agree and agree)
uncertain
disagree
n % n % n %
1. The past is very important for me. 117 74.0 29 18.4 12 7.6
2. The past in a great degree determines my present and my future. 118 74.7 36 22.8 4 2.5
3. I often think about the past. 134 84.8 13 8.2 11 7.0
4. When I think about the past, I become full of positive emotions. 99 62.7 47 29.7 12 7.6
5. The emotions related to the past are a big deal of my present feelings. 95 60.1 40 25.3 23 14.6
6. I think that the biggest part of the important events in my life have happened in the past. 112 70.9 39 24.7 7 4.4
7. I am proud of my past. 133 84.2 15 9.5 10 6.3
8. I would live again my life in the same way. 106 67.0 38 24.1 14 8.9
9. The past inspires me for the future. 103 65.2 34 21.5 21 13.3
10. In the past, I have remained unemotional even in situations where most people get very sentimental. 82 52.0 51 32.2 25 15.8
11. I think that in a certain degree by means of good deeds now I could recompense my past negative acts. 89 56.3 52 32.9 17 10.8
12. I am more sentimental than most people. 96 60.8 50 31.6 12 7.6
13. If the people know my past, they estimate me positively 87 55.0 45 28.5 26 16.5
14. I want the others to know my past 97 61.4 37 23.4 24 15.2