Author(s)

Min Rao, Xiaotian Wang, Hailong Sun, Kun Gai

School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Nostalgia is a complex emotional state that the individual produces when he is missing the past. It has a close relationship with subjective well-being. Studies have shown that nostalgia can construct a sense of life and social support that promotes more emotional and emotional satisfaction and enhances subjective well-being. By combing the past literature, this paper analyzes the influence of nostalgia on subjective well-being from the perspectives of emotional happiness and life satisfaction, and further elaborates its mechanism of action. The article concludes with a prospect for future research.

Nostalgia, Emotional Happiness, Subjective Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, Meaning in Life, Social Support

Rao, M. , Wang, X. , Sun, H. and Gai, K. (2018) Subjective Well-Being in Nostalgia: Effect and Mechanism. Psychology, 9, 1720-1730. doi: 10.4236/psych.2018.97102.