Southampton Nostalgia Scale (SNS)
PsychologyReliability: alpha 0.913 sample items
About this scale
A 7-item measure of dispositional nostalgia — frequency of and personal value placed on nostalgic experiences.
Sample item(s)
“How often do you experience nostalgia?”
“How important is nostalgia for you?”
“How meaningful are nostalgic experiences to you?”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.91. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Routledge, C., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Juhl, J., & Arndt, J. (2012): The power of the past: Nostalgia as a meaning-making resource. Memory, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 452–460.
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