Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and trait correlations between nostalgia and predictors.

Variable	N	Mean	SD	Omega (alpha)	r
Nostalgia	596	4.23	1.49	92 (.91)
Personality/Individual differences
Approach	525	5.31	0.98	0.89 (.84)	0.00
Avoidance	525	4.46	1.28	0.88 (.83)	0.22***
Agreeableness	279	3.71	0.61	0.81 (.72)	0.05
Conscientiousness	279	3.41	0.66	0.87 (.83)	−0.08
Extraversion	279	3.27	0.77	0.89 (.84)	−0.07
Neuroticism	279	3.13	0.77	0.89 (.86)	0.21***
Openness	279	3.69	0.71	0.89 (.86)	0.05
Past positive	356	3.55	0.67	0.84 (.77)	0.40***
Past negative	356	3.02	0.77	0.87 (.84)	0.40***
Future	356	3.47	0.59	0.83 (.79)	−0.02
Present fatalistic	356	2.58	0.65	0.81 (.76)	0.32***
Present hedonic	356	3.42	0.61	0.88 (.85)	0.20***
Well-being/Relevant measures
Satisfaction with life	526	4.73	1.32	0.89 (.88)	−0.08a
Positive activated affect	283	4.54	1.21	0.92 (.90)	−0.02
Positive deactivated affect	283	4.34	1.24	0.92 (.90)	−0.07
Negative activated affect	283	3.72	1.18	0.88 (.80)	0.34***
Negative deactivated affect	283	2.89	1.37	0.79 (.91)	0.34***
Meaning in life (presence)	525	4.56	1.29	0.89 (.87)	−0.11*
Meaning in life (search)	525	4.98	1.3	0.93 (.91)	0.19***
Self-esteem	299	3.28	0.89	0.95 (.90)	−0.12*
Regret	526	4.52	1.12	0.80 (.75)	0.30***
Depression	220	21.09	12.12	0.93 (.91)	0.35***
Inspiration Frequency	452	4.95	1.28	0.93 (.91)	−0.02
Inspiration Intensity	452	4.58	1.26	0.94 (.91)	0.11*
Inspiration Aggregate	452	4.77	1.17	0.96 (.93)	0.05
Empathy	108	3.44	0.45	0.89 (.82)	0.23*

Note:

^ap <.10.

^*p <.05.

^**p <.01.

^***p <.001.