. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2019 Jan 21;118(2):325–347. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000236

Table 4.

Relationships between nostalgia and well-being/well-being related variables with and without controlling for negative events.

		Without control		With control
		Nostalgia		Nostalgia		Negative event
Variable	# Daily reports	Coeff.	t-ratio	Coeff.	t-ratio	Coeff.	t-ratio
Positive activated affect	2721	.00	<1	.03	1.08	−.68	7.76^***
Positive deactivated affect	2721	−.04	1.69^a	−.01	<1	−.73	9.50^***
Negative activated affect	2721	.13	5.55^***	.08	4.00^***	1.25	15.10^***
Negative deactivated affect	2723	.20	8.13^***	.16	6.98^***	1.06	14.12^***
Loneliness	2720	.17	6.53^***	.15	5.92^***	.55	6.73^***
Satisfaction with life	2016	−.12	3.92^***	−.09	2.85^**	−1.06	9.64^***
Meaning (presence)	2722	−.01	<1	.01	<1	−.55	5.41^***
Meaning (search)	2722	.11	4.45^***	.11	4.61^***	−.06	<1
Self-esteem	1321	−.12	4.14^***	−.08	3.12^**	−.85	8.78^***
Inspiration	2721	.11	3.69^***	.13	4.41^***	−.48	5.04^***
Optimism	1321	−.02	<1	−.00	<1	−.54	5.01^***
Regret	1321	.18	6.32^***	.17	5.70^***	.38	4.76^***
Rumination	695	.49	9.84^***	.48	9.98^***	.75	5.13^***
Reflection	695	.36	7.17^***	.34	6.99^***	.48	3.27^**

Note:

p <.10.

p <.05.

^**

p <.01.

^***

p <.001.