A vote for nostalgia

Nostalgia: a psychological perspective.

A survey was designed to assess nostalgia for 20 aspects of experience as well as relative judgments of the world past, present, and future. Surveys were completed by 648 respondents, 268 males and 380 females, ranging in age from 4 to 80 years old. Split-half reliability was .78. Test-retest reliability over a 1-wk. interval on a separate sample of 50 respondents was .84. Nostalgia was related...

A vote for no confidence.

This paper considers the justifications for adhering to a principle of confidentiality within medical practice. These are found to derive chiefly from respect for individual autonomy, the doctor/patient contract, and social utility. It is suggested that these will benefit more certainly if secrecy is rejected and the principle of confidentiality is removed from the area of health care.

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Freudian Nostalgia

Parent symbolism make it easy to guess at their hidden leaning. What else could be the meaning of the fear of burglars, snakes, wild animals, and thunderstorms , if not the feminine fear of overwhelming forces that can vanquish, penetrate and destroy?' What else indeed??if, that is, you think along Freudian lines. If, however, you don't, it is readily apparent that burglars, snakes, wild animal...

Scent-evoked nostalgia.

Can scents evoke nostalgia; what might be the psychological implications of such an evocation? Participants sampled 12 scents and rated the extent to which each scent was familiar, arousing and autobiographically relevant, as well as the extent to which each scent elicited nostalgia. Participants who were high (compared to low) in nostalgia proneness reported more scent-evoked nostalgia, and sc...