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.

在当前的研究中，我们在两个不同的样本中检查了替代性家庭故事是否与年轻人、中年人和老年人的家庭氛围和幸福感有关。总共有168个土耳其家庭黑社会（N= 504）。在样本 1（书面叙述）和样本 2（口头叙述）中，我们发现家庭氛围与幸福感之间存在显着联系。此外，来自样本 2 的家庭氛围更好的参与者讲述了更连贯的家庭故事。结果还显示，样本 1 中的参与者认为他们的故事在情感上更积极，样本 2 中的参与者在他们的故事中包含更多身份联系，他们报告了更高的幸福感。总体而言，我们的研究结果强调了家庭氛围和家庭故事与幸福感的联系，并强调了捕捉代际故事（通过不同方法引发）的不同特征的重要性。