Global trends surveys suggest that collective nostalgia for one's country is widespread. Moreover, research indicates that collective nostalgia is used by populist radical-right parties to mobilize their voters against immigration. We focused on antecedents of collective nostalgia and its consequences for collective action in the context of national identity. In particular, we hypothesized that collective nostalgia for the country's past is triggered by a sense of collective discontinuity and subsequently engenders collective action intentions to protect the national ingroup and limit the presence of immigrant outgroups. We tested this hypothesis in a three-wave longitudinal cross-lagged panel study (N = 1489) among native Dutch majority members. The results were consistent with the hypothesis. The findings highlight the relevance of collective nostalgia as an emotional response to collective discontinuity that drives collective action intentions aimed at protecting ingroup continuity. We discuss implications of the findings for the literature on collective nostalgia and group dynamics as well as the broader literature on collective action and provide directions for future research.

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集体怀旧：集体行动意图的触发因素和后果

全球趋势调查表明，对一个国家的集体怀旧情绪很普遍。此外，研究表明，民粹主义激进右翼政党利用集体怀旧情绪来动员选民反对移民。我们关注集体怀旧的前因及其在民族认同背景下对集体行动的影响。特别是，我们假设对国家过去的集体怀旧是由集体不连续感引发的，随后会产生集体行动意向，以保护本国内群体并限制外群体移民的存在。我们在三波纵向交叉滞后面板研究中检验了这一假设 ( N = 1489) 在荷兰本土占多数的成员中。结果与假设一致。研究结果强调了集体怀旧作为对集体不连续性的情绪反应的相关性，这种集体不连续性推动了旨在保护内部群体连续性的集体行动意图。我们讨论了研究结果对集体怀旧和群体动力的文献以及更广泛的集体行动文献的影响，并为未来的研究提供了方向。