Does Holbrook's Nostalgia Index Measure Nostalgia Proneness?

摘要

This research highlights the conceptual limitations of Holbrook's Nostalgia Index: it conflates the cause (nostalgia) with the consequence (preference); it does not consider nostalgia as an emotion; and it opposes the past to the present and future. Hence, Holbrook's Nostalgia Index measures belief in decline, not nostalgia proneness.