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The Relationship between Nostalgia and Life Satisfaction in College: A Chained Mediation Model

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Artificial Intelligence in Education Technologies: New Development and Innovative Practices (AIET 2022)

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Objective: In order to explore the multiple chain mediating effects of positive affect and self-esteem between nostalgia and life satisfaction in college students. Methods: 477 college students were investigated with Southampton Nostalgia Scale, Positive Affect Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale. Results: ① Nostalgia was significantly and positively correlated with positive emotion (r = 0.12, p < 0.01) and life satisfaction (r = 0.13, p < 0.01), also, significant positive correlations exists among other key variables. ② Structural equation models showed that, nostalgia could exert effects on life satisfaction (β = 0.14, P < 0.05), and also indirectly through the independent mediating effect of positive affect, the chain mediating effect of positive affect and self-esteem (β = 0.10, P < 0.05). Conclusion: Nostalgia could affect life satisfaction, not only through direct path, but also through the indirect path of multiple mediating effects of positive affect and self-esteem.

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    Daosheng Xu & Yiwen Chen

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Xu, D., Chen, Y. (2023). The Relationship between Nostalgia and Life Satisfaction in College: A Chained Mediation Model. In: Cheng, E.C.K., Wang, T., Schlippe, T., Beligiannis, G.N. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education Technologies: New Development and Innovative Practices. AIET 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 154. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8040-4_14

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