Exploring Nostalgia in Russia: Testing the Index of Nostalgia-Proneness

This study investigates nostalgia-proneness, the tendency for individuals to experience nostalgic sentiment, in Russia. The Index of Nostalgia Proneness, based upon a four-way classification of nostalgia experiences, was originally developed using U.S. respondents. A Russian version of the scale is tested for reliability and validity. Factor analysis supports the four hypothesized dimensions and identifies key scale items. The four factors are reconciled with open-ended nostalgia experiences authored by Russian respondents.



Citation:

Susan Holak, William Havlena, and Alexei Matveev (2005) ,"Exploring Nostalgia in Russia: Testing the Index of Nostalgia-Proneness", in E - European Advances in Consumer Research Volume 7, eds. Karin M. Ekstrom and Helene Brembeck, Goteborg, Sweden : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 195-200.

Authors

Susan Holak, City University of New York, College of Staten Island
William Havlena, Dynamic Logic
Alexei Matveev, City University of New York, College of Staten Island



Volume

E - European Advances in Consumer Research Volume 7 | 2005



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