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Trial reportInternational journal of older people nursing2026

Combatting Stigma Toward Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders: The Role of Nostalgia.

Rhiannon N Turner, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of older people nursing, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rhiannon N TurnerCentre for Identity and Intergroup Relations, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-8593
Tim WildschutCentre for Research on Self and Identity, Psychology Department, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-5487
Constantine SedikidesCentre for Research on Self and Identity, Psychology Department, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-4332

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is limited evidence on how to tackle stigma toward individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD). This study addressed this issue by examining how nostalgia (a sentimental longing for a personally experienced past) for experiences involving people with ADRD can be used to harness more positive attitudes and behavioral tendencies.

methodOne hundred student nurses were randomly assigned to either recall a nostalgic or (in the control condition) an ordinary interaction involving a person with ADRD, before completing questionnaire measures of inclusion of people with ADRD (i.e., an outgroup) in the self (IOGS), stigma toward those with ADRD, and tendency to approach those with ADRD.

resultsWe found that experimentally induced nostalgia led to higher inclusion of people with ADRD in the self (IOGS; F [1, 98] = 5.69, p = 0.02, η

conclusionInduced nostalgia can reduce stigma and promote approach behavioral tendencies toward people within a medical context by promoting inclusion of people with ADRD in the self. These findings have interventional potential in a context where negative perceptions of people with ADRD can be problematic.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAttitude of Health PersonnelSocial StigmaStudents, NursingAdultFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAlzheimer's diseaseapproach behavioural tendenciesdementiainclusionnostalgiaoutgroup attitudesprejudicestigma

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