Publication: Vicarious family stories of Turkish young, middle-aged, and older adults: Are family stories related to well-being?
Date
Authors
Türsel, Elif Gizem
Authors
Bakır-Demir, Tuğçe
Reese, Elaine
Şahin-Acar, Başak
Advisor
Language
Type
Publisher:
American Psychological Association
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Abstract
In the current study, we examined whether vicarious family stories are linked to family climate and well-being among young, middle-aged, and older adults across two different samples. In total, there were 168 triads of Turkish families (N = 504). Across Sample 1 (written narratives) and Sample 2 (spoken narratives), we found a significant link between family climate and well-being. In addition, participants from Sample 2 who experienced better family climate narrated more coherent family stories. The results also revealed that participants from Sample 1 who rated their stories as more emotionally positive and participants from Sample 2 who included more identity connections in their stories reported higher levels of well-being. Overall, our findings emphasise the links to well-being for family climate and family stories, and highlight the importance of capturing different characteristics of vicarious stories (elicited via different methods) across generations.
Description
Source:
Keywords:
Keywords
Vicarious family stories, Narrative characteristics, Well-being, Family climate generations, Turkish culture, Intergenerational narratives, Negative affect, Life-span, Identity, Coherence, Memories, Validity, Model, Psychology
Citation
Tuğçe, B. D. vd. (2021). "Vicarious family stories of Turkish young, middle-aged, and older adults: Are family stories related to well-being?". Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10(3), 412-424.