2025-07-10 ケンブリッジ大学
<関連情報>
- https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nostalgia-on-sea
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622725000103
- https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-17358-001.html
イサカを探して:懐かしい場所の地理と心理的効果 Searching for Ithaca: The geography and psychological benefits of nostalgic places
Ioana E. Militaru, Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg , Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, Peter J. Rentfrow
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology Available online: 4 May 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100223
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Highlights
- Blue landscapes, featuring bodies of water, are the most frequent nostalgic places.
- Nostalgic places are further away from the current location than ordinary places.
- Nostalgic places are psychologically closer than ordinary places.
- Geolocation data fit self-reported geographical features of nostalgic places.
- Nostalgic places entail benefits, such as social connectedness and meaning in life.
Abstract
What are the places for which people are most nostalgic? We explored the physical and psychological characteristics of places that evoke nostalgia. In Study 1 (N = 200 U.K. residents), we used self-reports and dictionary methods to capture the diversity of such places. Blue landscapes, located near sea, ocean, rivers, or lakes, emerged as the most frequent nostalgic places. In Studies 2 (N = 398 U.S. residents) and 3 (N = 400 U.S. residents), we experimentally contrasted nostalgic places against ordinary ones. Self-reports, language, and geolocation data painted the portrait of typical nostalgic places: Set in a blue landscape, they vary in size between a building and a town, and are less grey and more green than ordinary places. Nostalgic places are further away from one’s current location, yet they appear psychologically closer than ordinary ones. Place nostalgia (vs. control) furthermore increases social connectedness, meaning in life, self-continuity, self-esteem, and authenticity. Future research could examine place nostalgia across different geographies, cultures, or countries.
自然は人生を彩る: 人工的な環境より自然な環境の方が退屈しない Nature Adds Color to Life: Less Boredom in Natural Versus Artificial Environments
Muireann K. O’Dea, Ioana E. Militaru, Eric R. Igou, Peter J. Rentfrow, Isabelle Barrett, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Accepted: February 25, 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001764
Abstract
Boredom is a common and unpleasant experience associated with a range of problematic correlates and consequences. We examine a catalyst and its putative remedy all but neglected in the psychological science of emotion, and boredom in particular: the living environment. Specifically, we proposed and tested that “artificial” (e.g., urban) environments elicit boredom and that natural environments may counter it. Study 1, a field experiment, showed that people placed in natural versus artificial surroundings experienced less boredom. In Study 2, we found that the more prominently regions were characterized by natural (vs. artificial) geography, the less boredom was expressed on social media in the region. Study 3 showed experimentally that images of natural environments elicited less boredom than artificial ones, and Study 4 found that this effect is partly due to the vividness of colors in nature. Study 5 established that higher boredom in artificial versus natural environments can be attributed especially to the increase in boredom that artificial environments bring about. These findings provide the first systematic evidence of the importance of the environment on boredom and illustrate the cumulative effects that changes in one’s environment can have on emotion experiences.
