Editing Nostalgia (section)

===Enhancing positive self-regard===
Nostalgia serves as a coping mechanism and helps people to feel better about themselves. Vess et al. (2012) found that the subjects who thought of nostalgic memories showed greater accessibility of positive characteristics than those who thought of exciting future experiences. Additionally, in a second study conducted, some participants were exposed to nostalgic engagement and reflection while the other group was not. The researchers looked again at self-attributes and found that the participants who were not exposed to nostalgic experiences reflected a pattern of selfish and self-centered attributes. Vess et al. (2012), however, found that this effect had weakened and become less powerful among the participants who engaged in nostalgic reflection.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Vess | first1 = M. | last2 = Arndt | first2 = J. | last3 = Routledge | first3 = C. | last4 = Sedikides | first4 = C. | last5 = Wildschut | first5 = T. | year = 2012 | title = Nostalgia as a resource for the self |url=https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341148/1/Vess_et_al.%252C_2012%252C_Self_and_Identity.eprints.doc| journal = Self and Identity | volume = 11 | issue = 3| pages = 273–284 | doi = 10.1080/15298868.2010.521452 | s2cid = 56018071 }}</ref>