A longing for the natural past: unexplored benefits and impacts of a nostalgic approach toward restoration in ecology

Willson, Kevin G.; Hart, Justin L.; Zengel, Bettina

doi:10.1111/rec.12985

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“…Such mixed affective reactions are not uncommon, and previous researchers have demonstrated that it is possible for oppositely valenced emotions to co-occur [ 69 , 70 ]. For instance, in the case of nostalgia, good feelings are elicited through positive memories, but bad feelings because those times have been and gone [ 71 , 72 ].…”

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Buffering the effects of bad news: Exposure to others’ kindness alleviates the aversive effects of viewing others’ acts of immorality

Buchanan

Sandstrom

2023

PLoS ONE

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Negatively valenced news dominates the press, with stories of death and destruction gaining significant traction while also negatively impacting people’s mental health and perceptions of humanity. Given that horrific acts happen and need to be reported, we examined if news stories featuring others’ kindness could undo the aversive effects of news stories featuring others’ immorality. In Studies 1a-d we tested whether media exposure to the acts of kindness that occurred in response to a terrorist attack could alleviate the aversive effects of media exposure to the terrorist attack. In Study 2, we examined whether, more generally, the aversive effects of news stories featuring immorality (e.g., homicide, paedophilia, bullying) could be alleviated through news stories featuring acts of kindness (e.g., volunteering, philanthropy, caring for the homeless). In Studies 1 and 2, we found that participants exposed to others’ immorality and then others’ kindness suffered from less aversive changes to their mood, experienced greater levels of elevation and were more inclined to believe in the goodness of others, than participants exposed only to others’ immorality. Given this, we suggest there is merit in journalists shining a light on others’ kindness if people’s affective well-being and belief in the goodness of humanity is to remain intact.

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confidence: 99%

Buffering the effects of bad news: Exposure to others’ kindness alleviates the aversive effects of viewing others’ acts of immorality

Buchanan

Sandstrom

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…It would however appear that this inferential link is predicated by time and place; the two older respondents, having been exposed at least to some extent to Bettelheim's writing and work as part of their training, were inclined to adopt such a position. Nostalgia is regarded as an emotional resource that is used by people to cope with life's challenges, prompting an increase in social connectedness, optimism, self-esteem, inspiration, openness and creativity (Willson, Hart, & Zengel, 2019). For those working in the fields of SEND and children's social care, with its ongoing conceptual and operational debatesas well as politicization and sensitivity to economic conditionsit could be argued that such benefits are an essential contributor to professional well-being.…”

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confidence: 99%

Bruno Bettelheim: contradictions, controversies and continuities

Garner

2020

Early Child Development and Care

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“…As a cognition that produces emotions, nostalgia has been demonstrated to potentially have several positive effects for people who experience it across multiple contexts (Wildschut et al, 2006;Willson et al, 2019;. This corresponds to what many consider to be the media origins of nostalgia, Homer's The Odyssey, where inspired by memories of home, Odysseus was able to gain strength and complete his journey (Hepper et al, 2012).…”

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Gender, race, nostalgia, and fanship: factors affecting parental mediation of Disney animated films

Luisi¹

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This dissertation explored several gaps in the literature related to parental perceptions of Disney animated films and parental mediation of those films including how willing parents are to use Disney animated films to talk with their children about social issues, such as gender and racial representation, as well as what themes exist within parent-child communication about those films. Specifically, this research focused on parents' and children's perceptions of race and gender stereotypes in the films, how willing they were to communicate about these issues, and how various social identities affected these communicative exchanges. Using a mixed-methods approach, the author conducted two studies to explore this topic. In Study 1, 20 parent-child dyads were interviewed. These interviews explored how the parents and children had previously communicated about Disney animated films. Then, the dyads were asked to have conversations together about race and gender after watching two Disney animated film clips. Seven distinct themes from those parent-child interactions are identified and discussed in this dissertation. While dyads seemed to agree that Disney has made attempts to be more inclusive, communication about race and gender was distinct with dyads tending to focus on positive aspects of gender representation as opposed to more negative aspects of racial representation. The prevalence of these themes also varied based on the demographics of the parent-child dyads. Specifically, dyads with non-White parents were much more likely to have engaged in communication about race prior to the interview than in dyads with White parents. Study 2 built upon the first study by examining whether specific characteristics of parents and social identities of parents and children predicted the willingness of parents to have conversations with their children about media representation. Specifically, 190 parents were surveyed to assess their willingness to have conversations with their children about Disney, gender, and race. Parents were also asked about their parental mediation techniques, Disney fanship, and personal nostalgia for Disney animated films. Overall, this study indicated that active mediation, fanship, and nostalgia for Disney films were often significant predictors of parental willingness to engage in any type of conversation about Disney animated films with their children. Overall, the results of this research increase understanding of parental mediation theorizing, and whether media fanship and nostalgia for media predict the parent-childmedia relationship, regarding sense-making of messages in family films. Specifically, results illustrated that parents are willing to have conversations about popular films important to their identity and sensitive topics such as race and gender representation despite their race, age, gender, fanship of Disney animated films, and personal nostalgia for Disney animated films. Moreover, this study showed that parents and children were aware of many of the stereotypes that exist within these films. Given the impact that parental mediation can have on child behavioral and attitudinal outcomes, it is imperative that future research continue to bridge the gap between parental willingness to communicate and their communicative efficacy.

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A longing for the natural past: unexplored benefits and impacts of a nostalgic approach toward restoration in ecology

Cited by 6 publications

References 69 publications

Buffering the effects of bad news: Exposure to others’ kindness alleviates the aversive effects of viewing others’ acts of immorality

Buffering the effects of bad news: Exposure to others’ kindness alleviates the aversive effects of viewing others’ acts of immorality

Bruno Bettelheim: contradictions, controversies and continuities

Gender, race, nostalgia, and fanship: factors affecting parental mediation of Disney animated films

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