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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychology
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Global population of older adults is increasing.
  • Healthy aging requires maintaining intrinsic capacity.
  • Feeling safe is crucial for healthy aging, but resources are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To position nostalgia as a resource for cultivating feeling safe.
  • To explore nostalgia's contribution to intrinsic capacity in healthy aging.
  • To theoretically account for mechanisms linking nostalgia to feeling safe.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative review of existing theory and empirical research.
  • Characterization of "feeling safe" as a distinct affective dimension.
  • Summarization of nostalgia's characteristics in alignment with feeling safe.

Main Results:

  • Nostalgia serves as a comfort source against various threats.
  • Nostalgia is proposed as a regulatory resource that cultivates feeling safe.
  • Nostalgia contributes to emotional, physiological, and behavioral regulation in aging.

Conclusions:

  • Nostalgia can be a valuable tool for promoting healthy aging.
  • Further research is needed to explore nostalgia's role in intrinsic capacity.
  • Understanding nostalgia's mechanisms can inform interventions for older adults.