Motives for Transmitting and Remembering: A Functional Analysis of Intergenerational Memory Transmission in the Family

[en] ABSTRACT Intergenerational memories help shape identity, transmit values, and sustain family relationships. Across three studies, we examined how parents, grandparents, and young adult children or grandchildren evaluate the functions of memories shared across generations. Older generations reported their reasons for transmitting important personal and public events, whereas young adults rated how they used vicarious memories received from parents or grandparents. Parents attributed greater functional relevance to the memories they shared than children did, particularly for teaching and problem‐solving purposes. Grandparents and grandchildren showed fewer differences, though grandparents endorsed higher motives related to bitterness revival, boredom reduction, intimacy maintenance, and teaching than grandchildren reported using. Direct comparisons further revealed that vicarious memories from grandparents were perceived as more socially and identity relevant than those from parents. Across studies, personal events were consistently rated as more functional than public ones. Together, these findings highlight how family storytelling serves different functions across generations.

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Theoretical & cognitive psychology

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Baudet, David ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques

Bastin, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Neurosciences - Aging & Memory ; Fund for Scientific Research (FRS‐FNRS) Brussels Belgium

Luminet, Olivier ; Fund for Scientific Research (FRS‐FNRS) Brussels Belgium ; Research Institute for Psychological Science University of Louvain Louvain‐La‐Neuve Belgium

Cordonnier, Aline ; Research Institute for Psychological Science University of Louvain Louvain‐La‐Neuve Belgium

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English

Title :

Motives for Transmitting and Remembering: A Functional Analysis of Intergenerational Memory Transmission in the Family

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September 2026

Journal title :

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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0888-4080

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1099-0720

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Wiley

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/acp.70284

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F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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PDR T0009.21

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