Singapore is a young and affluent global city-state located in a region that is historically known for its ethnic diversity and racial politics. A recent study identified three dominant narratives embraced by Singaporeans: Nation Building—events that highlight milestones and achievements, National Resilience—events that exemplify national unity and resolve in addressing a national crisis, and Conflict—events that demonstrate social divisions. These narratives predicted present and future satisfaction to different degrees and patterns. Further analyses, however, point to generational divides not only in how history is organised but also how it is associated with satisfaction and life experiences. Citizens from all ages converged on the type of events that constitute the Nation Building and National Resilience narratives but hold different views on the constituents of the Conflict narrative. In all, future satisfaction among each cohort of Singaporeans is shaped by a different set of historical narratives—Nation Building for the seniors, National Resilience for the middle-aged, and Conflict for the young. These results suggest that collective remembering is shaped by a cohort’s generational character.

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谁的传记？历史如何跨代组织及其对福祉的影响的差异

新加坡是一个年轻而富裕的全球城市国家，位于一个历史上以其种族多样性和种族政治而闻名的地区。最近的一项研究确定了新加坡人接受的三种主要叙述：国家建设——突出里程碑和成就的事件，国家复原力——体现国家团结和解决国家危机的决心的事件，以及冲突——表明社会分裂的事件。这些叙述以不同的程度和模式预测了现在和未来的满意度。然而，进一步的分析指出，代际差异不仅体现在历史的组织方式上，还体现在历史与满意度和生活经历的关系上。各个年龄段的公民都对构成国家建设和国家复原力叙事的事件类型趋于一致，但对冲突叙事的组成部分持有不同的看法。总而言之，每一组新加坡人对未来的满意度是由一组不同的历史叙述塑造的——老年人的国家建设、中年的民族复原力和年轻人的冲突。这些结果表明集体记忆是由一个群体的代际特征塑造的。