AU - etemaad, jalil AU - khormaee, farhad TI - Investigating the psychometric adequacy of nostalgia inventory (NI) PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - Shenakht JN - Shenakht VO - 5 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://shenakht.muk.ac.ir/article-1-457-en.html 4100 - http://shenakht.muk.ac.ir/article-1-457-en.pdf SO - Shenakht 3 ABĀ  - Introduction: Nostalgia as one of the complex emotion that discussed conceptual challenges on entity and functions of in nineteen and twenty century. Beside assessment of nostalgia is important. Aim: our objective of this research, preparation of necessary preliminary work to using Batcho’s nostalgia inventory (1995) for psychological research in Iran. Method: in this cross sectional study, 201 graduate and Ph.D. student were participated. Then, they are respond to nostalgia inventory (NI), check manipulation test (wildschut et al, 2006) and aspiration index (kasser & rayan, 2006). Results: The results showed these factors: “attachment to foretime”, “longing to home”, “tranquility of foretime” and convergent validity and reliability evidences for NI. Conclusion: the result was showed evidences for construct validity, convergent validity and internal consistency of NI, also result was showed gender difference in some of factors. CP - IRAN IN - Shiraz university LG - eng PB - Shenakht PG - 95 PT - Research YR - 2018