ABSTRACT We examined whether vicarious life stories about mothers and fathers differed in their relationships with personal life stories and well-being. Seventy-six emerging adults completed scales measuring well-being and described three chapters in their personal, mothers’, and fathers’ life stories. Chapters were self-rated and content coded for emotional tone and positive/negative person change. Characteristics of personal life stories were positively correlated with characteristics of vicarious life stories for mothers and fathers. Personal life stories were higher on positive person change than vicarious life stories about mothers and fathers. Higher well-being was related to rating all three life stories as more positive, but results for content coding were more mixed. The results indicate that vicarious life stories for mothers and fathers are related in similar ways to personal life stories and well-being.

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个人生活故事、关于母亲和父亲的替代生活故事以及幸福感之间的关系

摘要 我们研究了关于母亲和父亲的替代生活故事与个人生活故事和幸福的关系是否不同。76 名新兴成年人完成了衡量幸福感的量表，并描述了他们个人、母亲和父亲的生活故事中的三个章节。章节是自我评价的，内容编码为情绪基调和积极/消极的人变化。个人生活故事的特征与母亲和父亲的替代生活故事的特征呈正相关。个人生活故事在积极的人物改变方面高于关于母亲和父亲的替代生活故事。更高的幸福感与将所有三个生活故事评为更积极有关，但内容编码的结果更加复杂。