Looking Back: Nostalgia and Regret* (OVER 40 ONLY)

04 May 2018

*Please do not participate in BOTH of my studies; only one. This is a 20 minute online questionnaire examining men’s and women’s feelings about past events in their lives. In particular, this study is looking at feelings of nostalgia and regret, and the kinds of thoughts and traits that might be related to these emotions. Research conducted by Eliza Gooch (Macquarie University) to meet the requirements for the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree under the supervision of Prof. Julie Fitness.

Keywords

• Macquarie University
• psychology
• psych
• nostalgia
• regret
• emotion
• memory
• emotions
• memories
• nostalgic
• feelings
• past
• gender
• adults
• survey
• questionnaire
• short
• over 40
• online
• honours
• research

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Macquarie University Ethics Committee on 18/4/18.

About the researcher

Hi! I'm Eliza, and I'm a psychology honours student. I'm fascinated by emotion and memory, and I'm hoping to become a clinical psychologist in the future.

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