title: Within-family variability in representations of past relationships with parents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We examined within-family variation in siblings' memories of experiences with parents and their associations with current positive and negative affect.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 1,369 adults with at least 1 sibling, aged 26-74 years from 498 families in the MacArthur Study of Midlife in the United States (M(age) = 47 years, 59% women, 94% White).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was considerable variability in recalled maternal and paternal treatment across the dimensions of affection (intraclass correlation coefficients [ICCs] 0.33 and 0.41, respectively), discipline (ICCs 0.39 and 0.43), and conflict (ICCs 0.24 and 0.26). In turn, recalled parental treatment, particularly affection, made unique contributions to current positive (ICC 0.12) and negative affect (ICC 0.08) over and above individual and familial level characteristics such as offspring demographic characteristics, extraversion and neuroticism, family structure, recalled early family environment, and parents' current status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results link adults' memories of experiences with their parents in childhood to their current well-being and highlight the importance of considering within-family models for family theory.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19121, USA. adavey@temple.edu
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Corinna Jenkins
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fingerman
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Savla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D003469:Culture; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005191:Family Characteristics; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires