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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 37, 2022 - Issue 2
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Research Article

The association between recall of historical events and well-being (La asociación del recuerdo de eventos históricos con el bienestar)

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Pages 309-333 | Received 17 Jun 2021, Accepted 10 Dec 2021, Published online: 13 Apr 2022
 

ABSTRACT

This study explores the relationship between remembered sociohistorical events and well-being. Its objective is to ascertain the content of historical memory and the way it is associated with this construct. The PHI remembered well-being scale and the CEVI instrument, which asks respondents to describe four relevant historical events during their lifetime, were applied to a convenience sample from the Basque Country (N = 434, range 20–88 years, M = 48.11, SD = 21.47, 59.2% women). Negative and local events predominated. Positive appraisal of historical events was positively associated with personal, hedonic and social well-being, and negative appraisal was positively associated with lower well-being, confirming the greater importance of positive recall in well-being. A stronger relationship between the recall of historical events, particularly positive ones, and the hedonic and social facets of well-being was observed than with personal well-being.

RESUMEN

Este estudio explora la relación de los acontecimientos socio-históricos recordados con el bienestar. Su objetivo es conocer el contenido del recuerdo histórico y el modo en que se asocia a este constructo. Se aplicó la escala de bienestar recordado PHI, que tiene facetas hedónicas, eudaimónicas o psicológicas y social, y el instrumento CEVI, que pide describir cuatro eventos históricos relevantes durante la vida de la persona, a una muestra por conveniencia del País Vasco (N = 434, rango 20–88 años, M = 48.11, DT = 21.47, 59.2% mujeres). Predominan los hechos negativos y de carácter local. La valoración positiva de acontecimientos históricos se relacionó positivamente con el bienestar personal y sus facetas hedónica y social, mientras que la valoración negativa lo hizo a menor bienestar, confirmando la mayor importancia del recuerdo positivo para el bienestar. Se observó una mayor relación del recuerdo de hechos históricos, en particular positivos, con las facetas hedónica y social del bienestar que con el bienestar personal.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This study was financed with a predoctoral fellowship from the Department of Education of the Basque government (PRE_2017_1_0405), two fellowships from the research groups of the Basque government (Consolidated Group ‘Culture, Cognition and Emotion’; IT1187-19 and IT1598-22) and two fellowships from the Ministry of Science and Innovation (‘Culture, Coping and Emotional Regulation: Life and Collective Encounters’ [funding number PSI2017-84145-P] and ‘Culture, Coping and Emotional Regulation: Well-being and Community Coping’ [funding number PID2020-115738GB-I0]). / Esta investigación ha sido financiada a través de una beca predoctoral del Departamento de Educación del Gobierno Vasco (PRE_2017_1_0405), dos becas de los Grupos de Investigación del Gobierno Vasco (Grupo Consolidado ‘Cultura, Cognición y Emoción’; IT1187-19 y IT1598-22), y dos becas del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (‘Cultura, Afrontamiento y Regulación Emocional: vida y encuentros colectivos’ [número de subvención PSI2017-84145-P] y ‘Cultura, afrontamiento y regulación emocional: bienestar y afrontamiento comunitario’ [número de subvención PID2020-115738GB-I0]).

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

Notes

1. The CEVI programme is an international project coordinated by Stefano Cavalli (SUPSI) and Darío Páez (UPV-EHU). To date, it has been undertaken in 15 countries. http://www2.supsi.ch/cms/cevi/

2. Only the appraisals of gain and loss were used in the analyses.

3. A person who describes a total of four sociohistorical events, two of which they appraise as a gain, one as a loss and one ambivalently, would have a score of .5 on the gains indicator and .25 on the losses indicator.

4. A Basque political party considered the political arm of ETA, which was illegalized by the Supreme Court in 2003 after the application of the Law on Parties.

1. El programa CEVI es un proyecto internacional coordinado por Stefano Cavalli (SUPSI) y Darío Páez (UPV-EHU). Hasta la fecha se está desarrollando en 15 países. http://www2.supsi.ch/cms/cevi/

2. Para los análisis sólo se tuvieron en cuenta las valoraciones de ganancia y pérdida.

3. Una persona que describiera un total de cuatro eventos socio-históricos, de los cuales dos evaluase como ganancia, uno como pérdida y uno ambivalente, tendría un puntaje de .5 en el indicador de ganancias y .25 en el indicador de pérdidas.

4. Partido político vasco considerado brazo político de ETA, que fue ilegalizado por el Tribunal Supremo en 2003 tras la aplicación de la Ley de Partidos.

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