Teenagers who could tell stories about their parents' own you... | Robyn Fivush, Jennifer Bohanek and Widaad Zaman

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Teenagers who could tell stories about their parents' own younger years showed higher wellbeing than those who could only tell stories about themselves. What is passed on matters as much as what is lived.

Robyn Fivush, Jennifer Bohanek and Widaad Zaman, 2011 · study of personal and intergenerational narratives in adolescence

Personal and intergenerational narratives in relation to adolescents' well-being, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 131, 45-57

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Robyn Fivush, Jennifer Bohanek and Widaad Zaman: Teenagers who could tell stories about their parents' own younger years showed higher wellbeing than those who could only tell stories about themselves. What is passed on matters as much as what is lived.