Table 6.
Averages of Event Reflection Task and diary ratings, and comparisons of the averages in Study 5.
| Averages | ERT vs. nostalgic days | ERT vs. ordinary days | Nostalgic days vs. ordinary days | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERT (n = 81) | Nostalgic days (n = 278) | Ordinary days (n = 206) | b | t | b | t | b | t | |
| Nostalgia | 4.61 | 3.14 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 9.11*** | ||||
| Positivity | 5.95 | 5.02 | 4.81 | .92 | 4.53*** | 1.21 | 5.18*** | .23 | 1.26 |
| Negativity | 1.99 | 2.47 | 2.49 | −.42 | 2.21* | −.63 | 3.34** | −.06 | <1 |
| Meaning in life | 5.40 | 4.79 | 4.62 | .61 | 4.66*** | .87 | 6.28*** | .16 | 1.44 |
| Self-esteem | 5.44 | 5.25 | 5.32 | .11 | <1 | .22 | 1.51 | −.07 | <1 |
| RA longing for the past | .34 | .27 | .09 | .07 | 3.84*** | .25 | 16.96*** | .18 | 16.51*** |
| RA positive affect | .27 | .22 | .14 | .06 | 2.98** | .13 | 7.38*** | .08 | 7.03*** |
| RA negative affect | .08 | .07 | .08 | .01 | <1 | −.00 | <1 | −.01 | 1.36 |
Note: ERT = Event Reflection Task. RA = research assistant coding. Nostalgic days refer to days when participants reported a daily nostalgic score greater than 1. Ordinary days refer to days when they reported nostalgic scores of 1 (not at all). Nostalgia scores on ordinary days had no variance so those models did not converge, nor were they necessary.
a
p <.10.
*
p <.05.
**
p <.01.
***
p <.001