Vicarious life stories: Examining relations to personal life stories and well-being |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark;2. Center on Autobiographical Memory Research (CON AMORE), Aarhus University, Denmark;3. INSERM U-1114, 1 place de l’hôpital, Clinique Psychiatrique, Strasbourg Cedex, France;4. Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, USA;1. Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Straße 20, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany;2. University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstraße 7, 76826 Landau, Germany;3. University of Marburg, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany;1. Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;1. Aarhus University, Denmark;2. Odense University Clinic, Denmark;1. Duke University, USA;2. Aarhus University, Denmark;1. Florida State University, United States;2. Euromov, University of Montpellier, France |
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| Abstract: | We examined relationships between vicarious life stories for mothers and distant others, personal life stories, and well-being. Participants described chapters in their mothers’ and personal life stories, self-rated chapters on emotional tone and meaning, and completed well-being measures. In Studies 3 and 4, participants described chapters for distant others. In Study 4, mothers’ personal life stories were collected. In Studies 2–4, chapters were coded for redemption, agency, and communion. Qualities of vicarious and personal life stories were positively related, except for ex-boy/girlfriends (Study 4). Vicarious life stories were less positive and were less consistently related to well-being than personal life stories. Vicarious life stories for mothers were positively related to both participants’ personal life stories and mothers’ personal life stories. |
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| Keywords: | Vicarious life stories Intergenerational narratives Well-being Life story chapters Self-enhancement |
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