Editorial: Current Issues in Nostalgia Research.

Keywords: nostalgia; self; emotion; identity; well-being EN nostalgia self emotion identity well-being 1 3 3 07/20/21 20210716 NES 210716 In the beginning of the overview text to this Research Topic, we defined nostalgia as "a sentimental longing ... for the past" (Pearsall, [2], p. 1,266) and reported the results of a search in Web of Science for the topic "nostalgia" (in September 2019). Theoretical Points Although nostalgia is concerned with the past, FioRito and Routledge propose the possibly counterintuitive view that nostalgia is a future-oriented experience (a similar argument was put forward by Sedikides and Wildschut, [3]). The next two articles demonstrate salubrious effects of nostalgia that concern motivations for a personal future free from addiction or physical pain. [Extracted from the article]